I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than anything else in the world.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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If you are not too long, I will wait here for you all my life.

If you are not too long, I will wait here for you all my life.

To love one's self is the beginning of a life-long romance.

To love one's self is the beginning of a life-long romance.

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.

The aim of life is self-development. To realize one's nature perfectly - that is what...

The aim of life is self-development. To realize one's nature perfectly - that is what...

Any preoccupation with ideas of what is right or wrong in conduct shows an arrested...

Any preoccupation with ideas of what is right or wrong in conduct shows an arrested...

You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you...

You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you...

Each of the professions means a prejudice. The necessity for a career forces every one...

Each of the professions means a prejudice. The necessity for a career forces every one...

People who love only once in their lives are. . . shallow people. What they...

People who love only once in their lives are. . . shallow people. What they...

Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation

Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation

Those who try to lead the people can only do so by following the mob

Those who try to lead the people can only do so by following the mob

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...

The secret of life is in art.

The secret of life is in art.

Work is the curse of the drinking classes.

Work is the curse of the drinking classes.

Men of thoughts should have nothing to do with action

Men of thoughts should have nothing to do with action

Of course the music is a great difficulty. You see, if one plays good music,...

Of course the music is a great difficulty. You see, if one plays good music,...

A man cannot reason with the woman he loves: he cares about her too much.

A man cannot reason with the woman he loves: he cares about her too much.

How strange a thing this is! The Priest telleth me that the Soul is worth...

How strange a thing this is! The Priest telleth me that the Soul is worth...

The worst vice of a fanatic is his sincerity.

The worst vice of a fanatic is his sincerity.

From fanaticism to barbarism is only one step.

From fanaticism to barbarism is only one step.

Today's Islamic fundamentalism is also a cover for political motifs. We should not overlook the...

Today's Islamic fundamentalism is also a cover for political motifs. We should not overlook the...

Time goes by fast, and people go in and out of your life so quickly,...

Time goes by fast, and people go in and out of your life so quickly,...

Vices and virtues are of a strange nature, for the more we have, the fewer...

Vices and virtues are of a strange nature, for the more we have, the fewer...