A man who is master of himself can end a sorrow as easily as he can invent a pleasure. I don't want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to…

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Control Quotes, Emotions Quotes, Self Mastery Quotes

Men become old, but they never become good

Men become old, but they never become good

They spoil every romance by trying to make it last forever.

They spoil every romance by trying to make it last forever.

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

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

When I was young, I thought that money was the most important thing in life;...

When I was young, I thought that money was the most important thing in life;...

Selfishness is not living as one wisheThe cynic knows the price of everything and the...

Selfishness is not living as one wisheThe cynic knows the price of everything and the...

It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or...

It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or...

Music makes one feel so romantic - at least it always gets on one's nerves...

Music makes one feel so romantic - at least it always gets on one's nerves...

Where there is sorrow, there is holy ground

Where there is sorrow, there is holy ground

To get back to my youth I would do anything in the world, except take...

To get back to my youth I would do anything in the world, except take...

People who love only once in their lives are. . . shallow people. What they...

People who love only once in their lives are. . . shallow people. What they...

Between the optimist and the pessimist, the difference is droll. The optimist sees the doughnut;...

Between the optimist and the pessimist, the difference is droll. The optimist sees the doughnut;...

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...

A man's face is his autobiography. A woman's face is her work of fiction.

A man's face is his autobiography. A woman's face is her work of fiction.

Only the shallow know themselves.

Only the shallow know themselves.

Vulgarity is the conduct of other people, just as falsehoods are the truths of other...

Vulgarity is the conduct of other people, just as falsehoods are the truths of other...

God's eternal laws are kind-and break the heart of stone.

God's eternal laws are kind-and break the heart of stone.

Men marry because they are tired, women because they are curious; both are disappointed.

Men marry because they are tired, women because they are curious; both are disappointed.

We all live in the gutter but some of us are looking up at the...

We all live in the gutter but some of us are looking up at the...

All you touch and all you see is all your life will ever be.

All you touch and all you see is all your life will ever be.

These then are my last words to you. Be not afraid of life. Believe life...

These then are my last words to you. Be not afraid of life. Believe life...

It seems, in fact, as though the second half of a man's life is made...

It seems, in fact, as though the second half of a man's life is made...