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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By persistently remaining single a man converts himself into a permanent public temptation.

By persistently remaining single a man converts himself into a permanent public temptation.

It is always the unreadable that occurs.

It is always the unreadable that occurs.

The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating.

It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating.

Memory... is the diary that we all carry about with us.

Memory... is the diary that we all carry about with us.

The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.

Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.

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.

I want the dead lovers of the world to hear our laughter and grow sad....

I want the dead lovers of the world to hear our laughter and grow sad....

Deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.

Deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.

I never approve, or disapprove, of anything now. It is an absurd attitude to take...

I never approve, or disapprove, of anything now. It is an absurd attitude to take...

Musical people always want one to be perfectly dumb at the very moment when one...

Musical people always want one to be perfectly dumb at the very moment when one...

It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors.

It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors.

Literature always anticipates life. It does not copy it, but moulds it to its purpose....

Literature always anticipates life. It does not copy it, but moulds it to its purpose....

Genius is born, not paid.

Genius is born, not paid.

True friends stab you in the front.

True friends stab you in the front.

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...

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...

The multitude will hardly believe the excessive force of education, and in the difference of...

The multitude will hardly believe the excessive force of education, and in the difference of...

Our scientific age demands that we provide definitions, measurements, and statistics in order to be...

Our scientific age demands that we provide definitions, measurements, and statistics in order to be...

A lady came up to me on the street and pointed at my suede jacket....

A lady came up to me on the street and pointed at my suede jacket....