All trials are trials for one's life, just as all sentences are sentences of death.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Death Quotes

Questions are never indiscreet, answers sometimes are.

Questions are never indiscreet, answers sometimes are.

There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and...

There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and...

Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.

Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.

I can resist everything except temptation.

I can resist everything except temptation.

It (cricket) requires one to assume such indecent postures

It (cricket) requires one to assume such indecent postures

Plain women are always jealous of their husbands. Beautiful women never are. They are always...

Plain women are always jealous of their husbands. Beautiful women never are. They are always...

Ultimately the bond of all companionship, whether in marriage or in friendship, is conversation.

Ultimately the bond of all companionship, whether in marriage or in friendship, is conversation.

A poet can survive everything but a misprint.

A poet can survive everything but a misprint.

He must have a truly romantic nature, for he weeps when there is nothing at...

He must have a truly romantic nature, for he weeps when there is nothing at...

There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that...

There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that...

Twenty years of romance makes a woman look like a ruin; but twenty years of...

Twenty years of romance makes a woman look like a ruin; but twenty years of...

The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is...

The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is...

Only the shallow know themselves.

Only the shallow know themselves.

When a woman marries again it is because she detested her first husband. When a...

When a woman marries again it is because she detested her first husband. When a...

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.

When I was young, I thought that money was the most important thing in life;...

When I was young, I thought that money was the most important thing in life;...

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...

Those who are faithful know only the trivial side of love: it is the faithless...

Those who are faithful know only the trivial side of love: it is the faithless...

Love, I find, is like singing. Everybody can do enough to satisfy themselves, though it...

Love, I find, is like singing. Everybody can do enough to satisfy themselves, though it...

They tell me that it will be hard to find a man strong enough to...

They tell me that it will be hard to find a man strong enough to...