Experience is the name we give to our past mistakes

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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There is always something ridiculous about the emotions of people whom one has ceased to...

There is always something ridiculous about the emotions of people whom one has ceased to...

Good resolutions are simply checks that men draw on a bank where they have no...

Good resolutions are simply checks that men draw on a bank where they have no...

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...

It is exactly because a man cannot do a thing that he is a proper...

It is exactly because a man cannot do a thing that he is a proper...

One can survive everything nowadays, except death, and live down anything, except a good reputation.

One can survive everything nowadays, except death, and live down anything, except a good reputation.

Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses...

Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses...

When a man has once loved a woman he will do anything for her except...

When a man has once loved a woman he will do anything for her except...

A man can be happy with any woman, as long as he does not love...

A man can be happy with any woman, as long as he does not love...

There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and...

There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and...

Crying is the refuge of plain women but the ruin of pretty ones.

Crying is the refuge of plain women but the ruin of pretty ones.

The critic has to educate the public; the artist has to educate the critic.

The critic has to educate the public; the artist has to educate the critic.

One can give a really unbiased opinion only about things that do not interest one

One can give a really unbiased opinion only about things that do not interest one

They afterwards took me to a dancing saloon where I saw the only rational method...

They afterwards took me to a dancing saloon where I saw the only rational method...

One's real life is often the life that one does not lead.

One's real life is often the life that one does not lead.

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

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

Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry,...

Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry,...

We live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities.

We live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities.

The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it's dead for you.

The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it's dead for you.

I suppose society is wonderfully delightful. To be in it is merely a bore. But...

I suppose society is wonderfully delightful. To be in it is merely a bore. But...

A true friend stabs you in the front.

A true friend stabs you in the front.