The one person who has more illusions than the dreamer is the man of action

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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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...

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go.

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go.

If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use...

If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use...

To become a spectator of one's own life is to escape the suffering of life.

To become a spectator of one's own life is to escape the suffering of life.

Experience is one thing you can't get for nothing.

Experience is one thing you can't get for nothing.

Young men want to be faithful, and are not; old men want to be faithless,...

Young men want to be faithful, and are not; old men want to be faithless,...

To regret one's own experiences is to arrest one's own development. To deny one's own...

To regret one's own experiences is to arrest one's own development. To deny one's own...

There is only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is...

There is only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is...

Everything will change. The only question is growing up or decaying.

Everything will change. The only question is growing up or decaying.

It is better to be beautiful than to be good, but it is better to...

It is better to be beautiful than to be good, but it is better to...

Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.

Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.

I am not young enough to know everything.

I am not young enough to know everything.

Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that...

Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that...

In America the President reigns for four years, and Journalism governs forever and ever.

In America the President reigns for four years, and Journalism governs forever and ever.

Experience is the name we give to our past mistakes

Experience is the name we give to our past mistakes

It is because Humanity has never known where it was going that it has been...

It is because Humanity has never known where it was going that it has been...

Don't give a woman advice: one should never give a woman anything she can't wear...

Don't give a woman advice: one should never give a woman anything she can't wear...

Literature always anticipates life. It does not copy it, but moulds it to its purpose....

Literature always anticipates life. It does not copy it, but moulds it to its purpose....

To achieve lasting literature, fictional or factual, a writer needs perceptive vision, absorptive capacity, and...

To achieve lasting literature, fictional or factual, a writer needs perceptive vision, absorptive capacity, and...

Reading history is good for all of us, he says, not surprisingly, perhaps, but his...

Reading history is good for all of us, he says, not surprisingly, perhaps, but his...