Between the optimist and the pessimist, the difference is droll. The optimist sees the doughnut; the pessimist the hole!

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Optimism Quotes

One's real life is so often the life that one does not lead.

One's real life is so often the life that one does not lead.

One's past is what one is. It is the only way by which people should...

One's past is what one is. It is the only way by which people should...

One can give a really unbiased opinion only about things that do not interest one

One can give a really unbiased opinion only about things that do not interest one

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...

Music is the art which is most nigh to tears and memory.

Music is the art which is most nigh to tears and memory.

When good Americans die they go to Paris.

When good Americans die they go to Paris.

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

Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing.

Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing.

I can stand brute force, but brute reason is quite unbearable. There is something unfair...

I can stand brute force, but brute reason is quite unbearable. There is something unfair...

An excellent man; he has no enemies; and none of his friends like him.

An excellent man; he has no enemies; and none of his friends like him.

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,...

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...

When liberty comes with hands dabbled in blood it is hard to shake hands with...

When liberty comes with hands dabbled in blood it is hard to shake hands with...

Hear no evil, speak no evil - and you'll never be invited to a party

Hear no evil, speak no evil - and you'll never be invited to a party

It takes a thoroughly good woman to do a thoroughly stupid thing

It takes a thoroughly good woman to do a thoroughly stupid thing

I hope you have not been leading a double life, pretending to be wicked and...

I hope you have not been leading a double life, pretending to be wicked and...

Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that...

Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that...

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

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

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.

As long as a woman can look ten years younger than her own daughter, she...

As long as a woman can look ten years younger than her own daughter, she...