Illusion is the first of all pleasures.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Illusions Quotes, Pleasure Quotes

In America the young are always ready to give to those who are older than...

In America the young are always ready to give to those who are older than...

Between the optimist and the pessimist, the difference is droll. The optimist sees the doughnut;...

Between the optimist and the pessimist, the difference is droll. The optimist sees the doughnut;...

Whenever cannibals are on the brink of starvation, Heaven, in its infinite mercy, sends them...

Whenever cannibals are on the brink of starvation, Heaven, in its infinite mercy, sends them...

Most men and women are forced to perform parts for which they have no qualification.

Most men and women are forced to perform parts for which they have no qualification.

Put your talent into your work, but your genius into your life

Put your talent into your work, but your genius into your life

Conversation should touch everything, but should concentrate itself on nothing.

Conversation should touch everything, but should concentrate itself on nothing.

Good resolutions are simply checks that men draw on a bank where they have no...

Good resolutions are simply checks that men draw on a bank where they have no...

No man is rich enough to buy back his past.

No man is rich enough to buy back his past.

If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use...

If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use...

The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.

The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.

Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.

Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.

All charming people, I fancy, are spoiled. It is the secret of their attraction.

All charming people, I fancy, are spoiled. It is the secret of their attraction.

Where there is sorrow, there is holy ground

Where there is sorrow, there is holy ground

Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about.

Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about.

A true friend stabs you in the front.

A true friend stabs you in the front.

If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use...

If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use...

A man who moralizes is usually a hypocrite, and a woman who moralizes is invariably...

A man who moralizes is usually a hypocrite, and a woman who moralizes is invariably...

Everything popular is wrong.

Everything popular is wrong.

Music makes one feel so romantic - at least it always gets on one's nerves...

Music makes one feel so romantic - at least it always gets on one's nerves...

A man can't be too careful in the choice of his enemies.

A man can't be too careful in the choice of his enemies.