Action is the last resource of those who know not how to dream.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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One can survive everything nowadays, except death, and live down anything, except a good reputation.

One can survive everything nowadays, except death, and live down anything, except a good reputation.

There is only one real tragedy in a woman's life. The fact that her past...

There is only one real tragedy in a woman's life. The fact that her past...

It is only the modern that ever becomes old fashioned.

It is only the modern that ever becomes old fashioned.

Our ambition should be to rule ourselves, the true kingdom for each one of us;...

Our ambition should be to rule ourselves, the true kingdom for each one of us;...

The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young know everything.

The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young know everything.

It is a curious fact that people are never so trivial as when they take...

It is a curious fact that people are never so trivial as when they take...

Nothing spoils a romance so much as a sense of humor in the woman -...

Nothing spoils a romance so much as a sense of humor in the woman -...

A man who does not think for himself does not think at all.

A man who does not think for himself does not think at all.

By persistently remaining single a man converts himself into a permanent public temptation.

By persistently remaining single a man converts himself into a permanent public temptation.

Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast.

Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast.

One's past is what one is. It is the only way by which people should...

One's past is what one is. It is the only way by which people should...

It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating.

It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating.

He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.

He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.

Nothing spoils a romance so much as a sense of humor in the woman

Nothing spoils a romance so much as a sense of humor in the woman

Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.

Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.

Paradoxically though it may seem, it is none the less true that life imitates art...

Paradoxically though it may seem, it is none the less true that life imitates art...

When good Americans die they go to Paris.

When good Americans die they go to Paris.

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...

Man can believe the impossible, but man can never believe the improbable.

Man can believe the impossible, but man can never believe the improbable.

One should always be in love. That is the reason one should never marry.

One should always be in love. That is the reason one should never marry.