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

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Life is one fool thing after another whereas love is two fool things after each...

Life is one fool thing after another whereas love is two fool things after each...

There's a way of transferring funds that is even faster than electronic banking. It's called...

There's a way of transferring funds that is even faster than electronic banking. It's called...

Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses...

Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses...

Few parents nowadays pay any regard to what their children say to them. The old...

Few parents nowadays pay any regard to what their children say to them. The old...

As yet, Bernard Shaw hasn't become prominent enough to have any enemies, but none of...

As yet, Bernard Shaw hasn't become prominent enough to have any enemies, but none of...

In America the President reigns for four years, and Journalism governs for ever and ever

In America the President reigns for four years, and Journalism governs for ever and ever

No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly.

No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly.

Men always want to be a woman's first love - women like to be a...

Men always want to be a woman's first love - women like to be a...

There is no necessity to separate the monarch from the mob; all authority is equally...

There is no necessity to separate the monarch from the mob; all authority is equally...

Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.

Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.

Hatred is blind, as well as love.

Hatred is blind, as well as love.

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

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

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

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

Ambition is the last refuge of the failure.

Ambition is the last refuge of the failure.

One can give a really unbiased opinion only about things that do not interest one

One can give a really unbiased opinion only about things that do not interest one

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 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...

If there is anything in the world more annoying than having people talk about you,...

If there is anything in the world more annoying than having people talk about you,...

I go from exasperation to a state of collapse, then I recover and go from...

I go from exasperation to a state of collapse, then I recover and go from...

Things cannot always go your way. Learn to accept in silence the minor aggravations, cultivate...

Things cannot always go your way. Learn to accept in silence the minor aggravations, cultivate...