I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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Where there is sorrow, there is holy ground

Where there is sorrow, there is holy ground

One can give a really unbiased opinion only about things that do not interest one

One can give a really unbiased opinion only about things that do not interest one

One of the many lessons that one learns in prison is, that things are what...

One of the many lessons that one learns in prison is, that things are what...

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

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

Her love was trembling in laughter on her lips.

Her love was trembling in laughter on her lips.

Mr. Henry James writes fiction as if it were a painful duty.

Mr. Henry James writes fiction as if it were a painful duty.

Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses...

Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses...

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

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

Nothing is so aggravating than calmness.

Nothing is so aggravating than calmness.

Between men and women there is no friendship possible. There is passion, enmity, worship, love,...

Between men and women there is no friendship possible. There is passion, enmity, worship, love,...

The old believe everything; the middle aged suspect everything: the young know everything.

The old believe everything; the middle aged suspect everything: the young know everything.

Who, being loved, is poor?

Who, being loved, is poor?

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.

The tragedy of old age is not that one is old, but that one is...

The tragedy of old age is not that one is old, but that one is...

A misanthrope I can understand - a womanthrope never

A misanthrope I can understand - a womanthrope never

Extravagance is the luxury of the poor; penury is the luxury of the rich

Extravagance is the luxury of the poor; penury is the luxury of the rich

The worst form of tyranny the world has ever known the tyranny of the weak...

The worst form of tyranny the world has ever known the tyranny of the weak...

It is only the modern that ever becomes old-fashioned.

It is only the modern that ever becomes old-fashioned.

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....

A poet can survive everything but a misprint.

A poet can survive everything but a misprint.