Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that there are terrible temptations which it requires strength, strength and courage to yield to.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on...

How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on...

A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally.

A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally.

The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young know everything.

The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young know everything.

Scepticism is the beginning of Faith.

Scepticism is the beginning of Faith.

I can sympathize with everything, except suffering.

I can sympathize with everything, except suffering.

The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

Pleasure is Nature's test, her sign of approval. When man is happy, he is in...

Pleasure is Nature's test, her sign of approval. When man is happy, he is in...

The husbands of very beautiful women belong to the criminal classes.

The husbands of very beautiful women belong to the criminal classes.

Life is never fair, and perhaps it is a good thing for most of us...

Life is never fair, and perhaps it is a good thing for most of us...

When liberty comes with hands dabbled in blood it is hard to shake hands with...

When liberty comes with hands dabbled in blood it is hard to shake hands with...

Those who are faithful know only the trivial side of love: it is the faithless...

Those who are faithful know only the trivial side of love: it is the faithless...

Success is a science; if you have the conditions, you get the result.

Success is a science; if you have the conditions, you get the result.

Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when...

Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when...

Football is all very well as a game for rough girls, but is hardly suitable...

Football is all very well as a game for rough girls, but is hardly suitable...

To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.

To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.

I want my food dead. Not sick, not dying, dead.

I want my food dead. Not sick, not dying, dead.

You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you...

You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you...

Put your talent into your work, but your genius into your life

Put your talent into your work, but your genius into your life

Time, place, and action may with pains be wrought, But Genius must be born; and...

Time, place, and action may with pains be wrought, But Genius must be born; and...

Highly developed spirits often encounter resistance from mediocre minds.

Highly developed spirits often encounter resistance from mediocre minds.

Talent is no accident of birth. In today's society a good many people seem to...

Talent is no accident of birth. In today's society a good many people seem to...