Faithfulness is to the emotional life what consistency is to the life of the intellect - simply a confession of failures

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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People sometimes inquire what form of government is most suitable for an artist to live...

People sometimes inquire what form of government is most suitable for an artist to live...

The strength of women comes from the fact that psychology cannot explain us. Men can...

The strength of women comes from the fact that psychology cannot explain us. Men can...

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.

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...

I have met a lot of hardboiled eggs in my time, but you're twenty minutes.

I have met a lot of hardboiled eggs in my time, but you're twenty minutes.

Biography lends to death a new terror.

Biography lends to death a new terror.

There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating; people who know absolutely...

There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating; people who know absolutely...

Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live; it is asking others to live...

Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live; it is asking others to live...

I never approve, or disapprove, of anything now. It is an absurd attitude to take...

I never approve, or disapprove, of anything now. It is an absurd attitude to take...

Those whom the gods love grow young.

Those whom the gods love grow young.

Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.

Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.

Temperament is the primary requisite for the critic - a temperament exquisitely susceptible to beauty,...

Temperament is the primary requisite for the critic - a temperament exquisitely susceptible to beauty,...

Vulgarity is the conduct of other people, just as falsehoods are the truths of other...

Vulgarity is the conduct of other people, just as falsehoods are the truths of other...

It (cricket) requires one to assume such indecent postures

It (cricket) requires one to assume such indecent postures

I see when men love women. They give them but a little of their lives....

I see when men love women. They give them but a little of their lives....

To give and not expect return, that is what lies at the heart of love.

To give and not expect return, that is what lies at the heart of love.

The difference between literature and journalism is that journalism is unreadable and literature is not...

The difference between literature and journalism is that journalism is unreadable and literature is not...

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

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

Your disability will never make God love you less.

Your disability will never make God love you less.

My father, now in heaven, is a keeper of the birds. And his eye is...

My father, now in heaven, is a keeper of the birds. And his eye is...