Biography lends to death a new terror.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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We degenerate into hideous puppets, haunted by the memory of the passions of which we...

We degenerate into hideous puppets, haunted by the memory of the passions of which we...

Nature is always behind the age

Nature is always behind the age

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,...

You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you...

You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you...

There is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves we feel that no one...

There is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves we feel that no one...

People who count their chickens before they are hatched, act very wisely, because chickens run...

People who count their chickens before they are hatched, act very wisely, because chickens run...

When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers.

When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers.

It is only the modern that ever becomes old fashioned.

It is only the modern that ever becomes old fashioned.

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

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

Ambition is the last refuge of failure.

Ambition is the last refuge of failure.

Selfishness is not living as one wisheThe cynic knows the price of everything and the...

Selfishness is not living as one wisheThe cynic knows the price of everything and the...

I see when men love women. They give them but a little of their lives....

I see when men love women. They give them but a little of their lives....

My own business always bores me to death; I prefer other people's

My own business always bores me to death; I prefer other people's

I always like to know everything about my new friends, and nothing about my old...

I always like to know everything about my new friends, and nothing about my old...

Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities.

Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities.

If one plays good music, people don't listen and if one plays bad music people...

If one plays good music, people don't listen and if one plays bad music people...

It was only a sunny smile and little it cost in the giving but like...

It was only a sunny smile and little it cost in the giving but like...

There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that...

There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that...

In America the President reigns for four years, and Journalism governs forever and ever.

In America the President reigns for four years, and Journalism governs forever and ever.

Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.

Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.