An optimist will tell you the glass is half-full; the pessimist, half-empty; and the engineer will tell you the glass is twice the size it needs to be.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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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...

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.

The imagination imitates. It is the critical spirit that creates.

The imagination imitates. It is the critical spirit that creates.

Nothing spoils a romance so much as a sense of humor in the woman.

Nothing spoils a romance so much as a sense of humor in the woman.

One should never trust a woman who tells her real age. If she tells that,...

One should never trust a woman who tells her real age. If she tells that,...

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...

His morality is all sympathy, just what morality should be

His morality is all sympathy, just what morality should be

God and other artists are always a little obscure.

God and other artists are always a little obscure.

There is no such thing as a good influence. Because to influence a person is...

There is no such thing as a good influence. Because to influence a person is...

One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards.

One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards.

The only difference between a caprice and a lifelong passion is that the caprice lasts...

The only difference between a caprice and a lifelong passion is that the caprice lasts...

If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend...

If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend...

Good taste is the excuse I've always given for leading such a bad life.

Good taste is the excuse I've always given for leading such a bad life.

All art is quite useless.

All art is quite useless.

The only real people are the people who never existed

The only real people are the people who never existed

The difference between literature and journalism is that journalism is unreadable, and literature is not...

The difference between literature and journalism is that journalism is unreadable, and literature is not...

There is nothing in the world like the devotion of a married woman. It is...

There is nothing in the world like the devotion of a married woman. It is...

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

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

Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making...

Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making...

Genius, in one respect, is like gold; numbers of persons are constantly writing about both,...

Genius, in one respect, is like gold; numbers of persons are constantly writing about both,...

For every talent that poverty has stimulated it has blighted a hundred.

For every talent that poverty has stimulated it has blighted a hundred.