Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that there are terrible temptations which it requires strength, strength and courage to yield to.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Self Control Quotes

My wife and I no longer have anything in common but our differences.

My wife and I no longer have anything in common but our differences.

A man's very highest moment is, I have no doubt at all, when he kneels...

A man's very highest moment is, I have no doubt at all, when he kneels...

If one tells the truth, one is sure sooner or later to be found out

If one tells the truth, one is sure sooner or later to be found out

Work is the curse of the drinking classes.

Work is the curse of the drinking classes.

Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.

Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.

Whenever cannibals are on the brink of starvation, Heaven, in its infinite mercy, sends them...

Whenever cannibals are on the brink of starvation, Heaven, in its infinite mercy, sends them...

The world was my oyster but I used the wrong fork - Oscar Wilde

The world was my oyster but I used the wrong fork - Oscar Wilde

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...

Who, being loved, is poor?

Who, being loved, is poor?

Death and vulgarity are the only two facts in the nineteenth century that one cannot...

Death and vulgarity are the only two facts in the nineteenth century that one cannot...

Hatred is blind, as well as love.

Hatred is blind, as well as love.

Friendship is far more tragic than love, it lasts longer.

Friendship is far more tragic than love, it lasts longer.

Everything will change. The only question is growing up or decaying.

Everything will change. The only question is growing up or decaying.

Authority is quite degrading

Authority is quite degrading

Nothing spoils a romance so much as a sense of humor in the woman -...

Nothing spoils a romance so much as a sense of humor in the woman -...

Life is too important to be taken seriously.

Life is too important to be taken seriously.

The only difference between a caprice and a lifelong passion is that the caprice lasts...

The only difference between a caprice and a lifelong passion is that the caprice lasts...

It often happens that the real tragedies of life occur in such an inartistic manner...

It often happens that the real tragedies of life occur in such an inartistic manner...

As I grow to understand life less and less, I learn to live it more...

As I grow to understand life less and less, I learn to live it more...

Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and...

Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and...