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

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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Friendship is far more tragic than love, it lasts longer.

Friendship is far more tragic than love, it lasts longer.

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.

You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you...

You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you...

Hear no evil, speak no evil - and you'll never be invited to a party

Hear no evil, speak no evil - and you'll never be invited to a party

Conversation should touch everything, but should concentrate itself on nothing.

Conversation should touch everything, but should concentrate itself on nothing.

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.

Memory... is the diary that we all carry about with us.

Memory... is the diary that we all carry about with us.

In modern life nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude. It makes the...

In modern life nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude. It makes the...

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

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

If you are not too long, I will wait here for you all my life.

If you are not too long, I will wait here for you all my life.

Young people, nowadays, imagine that money is everything, and when they grow older, they know...

Young people, nowadays, imagine that money is everything, and when they grow older, they know...

The critic has to educate the public; the artist has to educate the critic.

The critic has to educate the public; the artist has to educate the critic.

Wickedness is a myth invented by good people to account for the curious attractiveness of...

Wickedness is a myth invented by good people to account for the curious attractiveness of...

Bachelors should be heavily taxed. It is not fair that some men should be happier...

Bachelors should be heavily taxed. It is not fair that some men should be happier...

Experience is the name we give to our past mistakes

Experience is the name we give to our past mistakes

Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.

Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.

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

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

A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely...

A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely...

If you define cowardice as running away at the first sign of danger, screaming and...

If you define cowardice as running away at the first sign of danger, screaming and...

Believe me! The secret of reaping the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment from life...

Believe me! The secret of reaping the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment from life...

I feel my belief in sacrifice and struggle getting stronger. I despise the kind of...

I feel my belief in sacrifice and struggle getting stronger. I despise the kind of...

No man can produce great things who is not thoroughly sincere in dealing with himself

No man can produce great things who is not thoroughly sincere in dealing with himself