A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Death Quotes, Sacrifice Quotes, Truth Quotes

There is no such thing as a good influence. Because to influence a person is...

There is no such thing as a good influence. Because to influence a person is...

Women are meant to be loved, not to be understood.

Women are meant to be loved, not to be understood.

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.

Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about.

Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about.

The typewriting machine, when played with expression, is no more annoying than the piano when...

The typewriting machine, when played with expression, is no more annoying than the piano when...

Perhaps, after all, America never has been discovered. I myself would say that it had...

Perhaps, after all, America never has been discovered. I myself would say that it had...

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...

Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask,...

Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask,...

Those who try to lead the people can only do so by following the mob

Those who try to lead the people can only do so by following the mob

I never approve, or disapprove, of anything now. It is an absurd attitude to take...

I never approve, or disapprove, of anything now. It is an absurd attitude to take...

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...

The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.

The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.

Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.

Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.

All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his.

All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his.

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...

A poet can survive everything but a misprint.

A poet can survive everything but a misprint.

The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast.

The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast.

The well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves.

The well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves.

Exert your talents, and distinguish yourself, and don't think of retiring from the world, until...

Exert your talents, and distinguish yourself, and don't think of retiring from the world, until...

Only to the extent that someone is living out this self transcendence of human existence...

Only to the extent that someone is living out this self transcendence of human existence...

Give a man a fish and he eats for a day. Teach him how to...

Give a man a fish and he eats for a day. Teach him how to...