Ambition is the last refuge of the failure.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value...

What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value...

How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on...

How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on...

Music makes one feel so romantic - at least it always gets on one's nerves...

Music makes one feel so romantic - at least it always gets on one's nerves...

One of the many lessons that one learns in prison is, that things are what...

One of the many lessons that one learns in prison is, that things are what...

I have nothing to declare but my genius.

I have nothing to declare but my genius.

It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or...

It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or...

Only the shallow know themselves.

Only the shallow know themselves.

To expect the unexpected shows a thoroughly modern intellect.

To expect the unexpected shows a thoroughly modern intellect.

Shallow sorrows and shallow loves live on. The loves and sorrows that are great are...

Shallow sorrows and shallow loves live on. The loves and sorrows that are great are...

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

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

His morality is all sympathy, just what morality should be

His morality is all sympathy, just what morality should be

Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.

Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.

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...

The tragedy of old age is not that one is old, but that one is...

The tragedy of old age is not that one is old, but that one is...

Nothing is so aggravating than calmness.

Nothing is so aggravating than calmness.

Where there is sorrow, there is holy ground

Where there is sorrow, there is holy ground

The security of Society lies in custom and unconscious instinct, and the basis of the...

The security of Society lies in custom and unconscious instinct, and the basis of the...

Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask,...

Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask,...

Love is all, love is new. Love is all, love is you

Love is all, love is new. Love is all, love is you

We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality

We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality

When you meet someone better than yourself, turn your thoughts to becoming his equal. When...

When you meet someone better than yourself, turn your thoughts to becoming his equal. When...

Truth is as impossible to be soiled by any outward touch as the sunbeam

Truth is as impossible to be soiled by any outward touch as the sunbeam