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

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Death Quotes, Sacrifice Quotes, Truth Quotes

History is merely gossip

History is merely gossip

There is luxury in self reproach. When we blame ourselves, we feel no one else...

There is luxury in self reproach. When we blame ourselves, we feel no one else...

Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same.

Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same.

People who count their chickens before they are hatched, act very wisely, because chickens run...

People who count their chickens before they are hatched, act very wisely, because chickens run...

All great ideas are dangerous.

All great ideas are dangerous.

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;...

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,...

Religions die when they are proved to be true. Science is the record of dead...

Religions die when they are proved to be true. Science is the record of dead...

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...

It is through art, and through art only, that we can realise our perfection.

It is through art, and through art only, that we can realise our perfection.

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,...

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...

Now that the House of Commons is trying to become useful, it does a great...

Now that the House of Commons is trying to become useful, it does a great...

We degenerate into hideous puppets, haunted by the memory of the passions of which we...

We degenerate into hideous puppets, haunted by the memory of the passions of which we...

The imagination imitates. It is the critical spirit that creates.

The imagination imitates. It is the critical spirit that creates.

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...

Scepticism is the beginning of Faith.

Scepticism is the beginning of Faith.

A man who moralizes is usually a hypocrite, and a woman who moralizes is invariably...

A man who moralizes is usually a hypocrite, and a woman who moralizes is invariably...

The US government is a hypocrite in its fight against terrorism, ... The US is...

The US government is a hypocrite in its fight against terrorism, ... The US is...

A hypocrite despises those whom he deceives, but has no respect for himself. He would...

A hypocrite despises those whom he deceives, but has no respect for himself. He would...