I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my works.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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He to whom the present is the only thing that is present, knows nothing of...

He to whom the present is the only thing that is present, knows nothing of...

Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry,...

Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry,...

Popularity is the one insult I have never suffered.

Popularity is the one insult I have never suffered.

A man who is master of himself can end a sorrow as easily as he...

A man who is master of himself can end a sorrow as easily as he...

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 -...

I knew that I had come face to face with some one whose mere personality...

I knew that I had come face to face with some one whose mere personality...

Men always want to be a woman's first love. Women have a more subtle instinct:...

Men always want to be a woman's first love. Women have a more subtle instinct:...

The way of paradoxes is the way of truth.

The way of paradoxes is the way of truth.

What we have to do, what at any rate it is our duty to do,...

What we have to do, what at any rate it is our duty to do,...

Only the shallow know themselves.

Only the shallow know themselves.

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.

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

His morality is all sympathy, just what morality should be

His morality is all sympathy, just what morality should be

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go

Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man's original virtue. It...

Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man's original virtue. It...

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...

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...

He must have a truly romantic nature, for he weeps when there is nothing at...

He must have a truly romantic nature, for he weeps when there is nothing at...

Never forget that the most powerful force on earth is love

Never forget that the most powerful force on earth is love

Were the whole realm of nature mine, That were a present far too small: Love...

Were the whole realm of nature mine, That were a present far too small: Love...

Deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.

Deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.