Biography lends to death a new terror.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Biography Quotes, Death Quotes

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.

In modern life nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude. It makes the...

In modern life nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude. It makes the...

He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.

He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.

One of the many lessons that one learns in prison is, that things are what...

One of the many lessons that one learns in prison is, that things are what...

How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on...

How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on...

The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it... I can...

The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it... I can...

Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask,...

Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask,...

When good Americans die they go to Paris.

When good Americans die they go to Paris.

Arguments are extremely vulgar, for everyone in good society holds exactly the same opinion.

Arguments are extremely vulgar, for everyone in good society holds exactly the same opinion.

The typewriting machine, when played with expression, is no more annoying than the piano when...

The typewriting machine, when played with expression, is no more annoying than the piano when...

The old believe everything; the middle aged suspect everything: the young know everything.

The old believe everything; the middle aged suspect everything: the young know everything.

It (cricket) requires one to assume such indecent postures

It (cricket) requires one to assume such indecent postures

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,...

All art is quite useless.

All art is quite useless.

Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.

Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.

While we look to the dramatist to give romance to realism, we ask of the...

While we look to the dramatist to give romance to realism, we ask of the...

The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.

The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.

To love oneself is the beginning of a life-long romance

To love oneself is the beginning of a life-long romance

The golden opportunity you are seeking is in yourself. It is not in your environment,...

The golden opportunity you are seeking is in yourself. It is not in your environment,...

In sleep a king, but, waking, no such matter

In sleep a king, but, waking, no such matter

Don't forget to love yourself.

Don't forget to love yourself.