A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything but the value of nothing.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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To love oneself is the beginning of a life-long romance.

To love oneself is the beginning of a life-long romance.

Seriousness is the last refuge of the shallow.

Seriousness is the last refuge of the shallow.

We are each our own devil, and we make this world our hell

We are each our own devil, and we make this world our hell

If you are not too long, I will wait here for you all my life.

If you are not too long, I will wait here for you all my life.

I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I...

I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I...

A man who is master of himself can end a sorrow as easily as he...

A man who is master of himself can end a sorrow as easily as he...

I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than...

I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than...

Men always want to be a woman's first love. That is their clumsy vanity. We...

Men always want to be a woman's first love. That is their clumsy vanity. We...

Memory is the diary that we all carry about with us

Memory is the diary that we all carry about with us

Charity creates a multitude of sins. Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a...

Charity creates a multitude of sins. Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a...

Plain women are always jealous of their husbands. Beautiful women never are. They are always...

Plain women are always jealous of their husbands. Beautiful women never are. They are always...

Only the shallow know themselves.

Only the shallow know themselves.

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

Deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.

Deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.

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

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

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...

I can resist everything except temptation.

I can resist everything except temptation.

Life is one fool thing after another whereas love is two fool things after each...

Life is one fool thing after another whereas love is two fool things after each...

A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend. A...

A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend. A...

Cheers to the teenage years: Hanging out, making out, sneaking out, freaking out, whatever happens,...

Cheers to the teenage years: Hanging out, making out, sneaking out, freaking out, whatever happens,...