Biography lends to death a new terror.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Biography Quotes, Death Quotes

The final mystery is oneself.

The final mystery is oneself.

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,...

It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will...

It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will...

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...

Authority is quite degrading

Authority is quite degrading

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...

Truth, in matters of religion, is simply the opinion that has survived

Truth, in matters of religion, is simply the opinion that has survived

I want my food dead. Not sick, not dying, dead.

I want my food dead. Not sick, not dying, dead.

We live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities.

We live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities.

Those who are faithful know only the trivial side of love: it is the faithless...

Those who are faithful know only the trivial side of love: it is the faithless...

Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.

Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.

A man can't be too careful in the choice of his enemies.

A man can't be too careful in the choice of his enemies.

If there is anything in the world more annoying than having people talk about you,...

If there is anything in the world more annoying than having people talk about you,...

Women are never disarmed by compliments. Men always are. That is the difference between the...

Women are never disarmed by compliments. Men always are. That is the difference between the...

Perhaps, after all, America never has been discovered. I myself would say that it had...

Perhaps, after all, America never has been discovered. I myself would say that it had...

Romance should never begin with sentiment. It should begin with science and end with a...

Romance should never begin with sentiment. It should begin with science and end with a...

I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than...

I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than...

Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.

Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.

Democracy consists of choosing your dictators after they've told you what you think it is...

Democracy consists of choosing your dictators after they've told you what you think it is...

You and I are stuck with the necessity of taking the worst of two evils...

You and I are stuck with the necessity of taking the worst of two evils...

The demand for equal rights in every vocation of life is just and fair; but,...

The demand for equal rights in every vocation of life is just and fair; but,...

There are no true friends in politics. We are all sharks circling, and waiting, for...

There are no true friends in politics. We are all sharks circling, and waiting, for...