Ah, well, then I suppose I shall have to die beyond my means.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like...

To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like...

If one could only teach the English how to talk, and the Irish how to...

If one could only teach the English how to talk, and the Irish how to...

It often happens that the real tragedies of life occur in such an inartistic manner...

It often happens that the real tragedies of life occur in such an inartistic manner...

To regret one's own experiences is to arrest one's own development. To deny one's own...

To regret one's own experiences is to arrest one's own development. To deny one's own...

Life has been your art. You have set yourself to music. Your days are your...

Life has been your art. You have set yourself to music. Your days are your...

Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities.

Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities.

Religion is the fashionable substitute for belief

Religion is the fashionable substitute for belief

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...

Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when...

Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when...

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...

I welcome this opportunity of pricking the bloated bladder of lies with the poniard of...

I welcome this opportunity of pricking the bloated bladder of lies with the poniard of...

While to the claims of charity a man may yield and yet be free, to...

While to the claims of charity a man may yield and yet be free, to...

Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every...

Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every...

No crime is vulgar, but all vulgarity is crime

No crime is vulgar, but all vulgarity is crime

Crying is the refuge of plain women but the ruin of pretty ones.

Crying is the refuge of plain women but the ruin of pretty ones.

To become a spectator of one's own life is to escape the suffering of life.

To become a spectator of one's own life is to escape the suffering of life.

Truth, in matters of religion, is simply the opinion that has survived

Truth, in matters of religion, is simply the opinion that has survived

Nowadays most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it...

Nowadays most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it...

Common sense is genius in homespun.

Common sense is genius in homespun.

Common sense is in spite of, not as the result of education.

Common sense is in spite of, not as the result of education.