Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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I sometimes think that God in creating man somewhat overestimated his ability.

I sometimes think that God in creating man somewhat overestimated his ability.

The supreme object of life is to live. Few people live. It is true life...

The supreme object of life is to live. Few people live. It is true life...

No man is rich enough to buy back his past.

No man is rich enough to buy back his past.

So never lose an opportunity of urging a practical beginning, however small, for it is...

So never lose an opportunity of urging a practical beginning, however small, for it is...

True friends stab you in the front.

True friends stab you in the front.

Time is waste of money.

Time is waste of money.

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

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

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.

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go.

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go.

Anybody can write a three-volume novel. It merely requires a complete ignorance of both life...

Anybody can write a three-volume novel. It merely requires a complete ignorance of both life...

I regard the theatre as the greatest of all art forms, the most immediate way...

I regard the theatre as the greatest of all art forms, the most immediate way...

In the wild struggle for existance, we want to have something that endures, and so...

In the wild struggle for existance, we want to have something that endures, and so...

One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards.

One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards.

It is because Humanity has never known where it was going that it has been...

It is because Humanity has never known where it was going that it has been...

It is better to be beautiful than to be good. But... it is better to...

It is better to be beautiful than to be good. But... it is better to...

Those whom the gods love grow young.

Those whom the gods love grow young.

A pessimist is somebody who complains about the noise when opportunity knocks.

A pessimist is somebody who complains about the noise when opportunity knocks.

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,...

Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with...

Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with...

God doesn't make mistakes, so trust that when someone ends up in your past, they're...

God doesn't make mistakes, so trust that when someone ends up in your past, they're...