From the point of view of literature Mr. Kipling is a genius who drops his aspirates. From the point of view of life, he is a reporter who knows vulgarity better than any one has ever known it.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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Memory is the diary that we all carry about with us.

Memory is the diary that we all carry about with us.

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

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

The one person who has more illusions than the dreamer is the man of action

The one person who has more illusions than the dreamer is the man of action

In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane.

In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane.

We live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities.

We live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities.

Ambition is the last refuge of failure.

Ambition is the last refuge of failure.

One can survive everything, nowadays, except death, and live down everything except a good reputation.

One can survive everything, nowadays, except death, and live down everything except a good reputation.

The past is of no importance. The present is of no importance. It is with...

The past is of no importance. The present is of no importance. It is with...

I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I...

I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I...

To reveal art and conceal the artist is art's aim

To reveal art and conceal the artist is art's aim

To become a spectator of one's own life is to escape the suffering of life.

To become a spectator of one's own life is to escape the suffering of life.

We are each our own devil, and we make this world our hell

We are each our own devil, and we make this world our hell

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...

I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than...

I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than...

He lives the poetry that he cannot write. The others write the poetry that they...

He lives the poetry that he cannot write. The others write the poetry that they...

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.

Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.

Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.

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...

Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon...

Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon...

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....