All that I desire to point out is the general principle that life imitates art far more than art imitates life.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Life Quotes

The salesman knows nothing of what he is selling save that he is charging a...

The salesman knows nothing of what he is selling save that he is charging a...

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.

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...

I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I...

I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I...

Experience is the name we give to our past mistakes

Experience is the name we give to our past mistakes

Children have a natural antipathy to books - handicraft should be the basis of education....

Children have a natural antipathy to books - handicraft should be the basis of education....

A man can be happy with any woman as long as he does not love...

A man can be happy with any woman as long as he does not love...

The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.

The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.

It is only by not paying one's bills that one can hope to live in...

It is only by not paying one's bills that one can hope to live in...

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

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

No man is rich enough to buy back his past.

No man is rich enough to buy back his past.

The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.

The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.

Men always want to be a woman's first love. Women have a more subtle instinct:...

Men always want to be a woman's first love. Women have a more subtle instinct:...

When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers.

When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers.

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...

Women love us for our defects. If we have enough of them, they will forgive...

Women love us for our defects. If we have enough of them, they will forgive...

Put your talent into your work, but your genius into your life

Put your talent into your work, but your genius into your life

Death and vulgarity are the only two facts in the nineteenth century that one cannot...

Death and vulgarity are the only two facts in the nineteenth century that one cannot...

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...

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...