Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Beauty Quotes, Tragedy Quotes

I adore political parties. They are the only place left to us where people don't...

I adore political parties. They are the only place left to us where people don't...

To love one's self is the beginning of a life-long romance

To love one's self is the beginning of a life-long romance

Everything popular is wrong.

Everything popular is wrong.

Religion is the fashionable substitute for belief

Religion is the fashionable substitute for belief

A man can be happy with any woman, as long as he does not love...

A man can be happy with any woman, as long as he does not love...

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...

Biography lends to death a new terror.

Biography lends to death a new terror.

Formerly we used to canonize our heroes. The modern method is to vulgarize them. Cheap...

Formerly we used to canonize our heroes. The modern method is to vulgarize them. Cheap...

Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.

Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.

We can have in life but one great experience at best, and the secret of...

We can have in life but one great experience at best, and the secret of...

Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live; it is asking others to live...

Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live; it is asking others to live...

If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use...

If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use...

The worst vice of a fanatic is his sincerity.

The worst vice of a fanatic is his sincerity.

Nature is always behind the age.

Nature is always behind the age.

Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds.

Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds.

I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.

I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.

If you are not too long, I will wait here for you all my life.

If you are not too long, I will wait here for you all my life.

One can survive everything nowadays, except death, and live down anything, except a good reputation.

One can survive everything nowadays, except death, and live down anything, except a good reputation.

Maybe this is why so many serial killers work in pairs. It's nice not to...

Maybe this is why so many serial killers work in pairs. It's nice not to...

A person starts dying when they stop dreaming.

A person starts dying when they stop dreaming.

For a nation which has an almost evil reputation for bustle, bustle, bustle, and rush,...

For a nation which has an almost evil reputation for bustle, bustle, bustle, and rush,...