Each of the professions means a prejudice. The necessity for a career forces every one to take sides. We live in the age of the overworked, and the under-educated; the age in which people are so industrious that they become…

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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Our ambition should be to rule ourselves, the true kingdom for each one of us;...

Our ambition should be to rule ourselves, the true kingdom for each one of us;...

Those whom the gods love grow young.

Those whom the gods love grow young.

This suspense is terrible. I hope it will last.

This suspense is terrible. I hope it will last.

The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple.

The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple.

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

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

One's real life is often the life that one does not lead

One's real life is often the life that one does not lead

Conversation about the weather is the last refuge of the unimaginative.

Conversation about the weather is the last refuge of the unimaginative.

Crying is the refuge of plain women but the ruin of pretty ones.

Crying is the refuge of plain women but the ruin of pretty ones.

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.

Biography lends to death a new terror.

Biography lends to death a new terror.

Who, being loved, is poor?

Who, being loved, is poor?

I hope you have not been leading a double life, pretending to be wicked and...

I hope you have not been leading a double life, pretending to be wicked and...

I am the only person in the world I should like to know thoroughly.

I am the only person in the world I should like to know thoroughly.

Comfort is the only thing our civilization can give us.

Comfort is the only thing our civilization can give us.

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

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

Judges, like the criminal classes, have their lighter moments

Judges, like the criminal classes, have their lighter moments

It takes a thoroughly good woman to do a thoroughly stupid thing

It takes a thoroughly good woman to do a thoroughly stupid thing

When a love comes to an end, weaklings cry, efficient ones instantly find another love,...

When a love comes to an end, weaklings cry, efficient ones instantly find another love,...

The pleasure of love is in loving, and we derive more happiness from the passion...

The pleasure of love is in loving, and we derive more happiness from the passion...

There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear.

There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear.

The first forty years of life give us the text; the next thirty supply the...

The first forty years of life give us the text; the next thirty supply the...