Ambition is the last refuge of failure.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Failure Quotes

Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry,...

Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry,...

As long as war is regarded as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When...

As long as war is regarded as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When...

In America the young are always ready to give to those who are older than...

In America the young are always ready to give to those who are older than...

It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will...

It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will...

To love oneself is the beginning of a life-long romance.

To love oneself is the beginning of a life-long romance.

It is through art, and through art only, that we can realise our perfection.

It is through art, and through art only, that we can realise our perfection.

Man can believe the impossible, but man can never believe the improbable.

Man can believe the impossible, but man can never believe the improbable.

They afterwards took me to a dancing saloon where I saw the only rational method...

They afterwards took me to a dancing saloon where I saw the only rational method...

It is better to be beautiful than to be good. But... it is better to...

It is better to be beautiful than to be good. But... it is better to...

Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow.

Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow.

Vulgarity is the conduct of other people, just as falsehoods are the truths of other...

Vulgarity is the conduct of other people, just as falsehoods are the truths of other...

A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally.

A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally.

Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon...

Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon...

The secret of life is to appreciate the pleasure of being terribly deceived

The secret of life is to appreciate the pleasure of being terribly deceived

Until this moment, I never understood how hard it was to lose something you never...

Until this moment, I never understood how hard it was to lose something you never...

All great ideas are dangerous.

All great ideas are dangerous.

Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching.

Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching.

As long as war is regarded as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When...

As long as war is regarded as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When...

If one plays good music, people don't listen and if one plays bad music people...

If one plays good music, people don't listen and if one plays bad music people...

Only the shallow know themselves.

Only the shallow know themselves.