In the world there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: World Quotes

When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one's self, and one always...

When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one's self, and one always...

The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.

The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.

His morality is all sympathy, just what morality should be

His morality is all sympathy, just what morality should be

Women are made to be loved, not understood.

Women are made to be loved, not understood.

I can stand brute force, but brute reason is quite unbearable. There is something unfair...

I can stand brute force, but brute reason is quite unbearable. There is something unfair...

When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers.

When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers.

Experience is one thing you can't get for nothing.

Experience is one thing you can't get for nothing.

Religion is the fashionable substitute for belief

Religion is the fashionable substitute for belief

Literature always anticipates life. It does not copy it, but moulds it to its purpose....

Literature always anticipates life. It does not copy it, but moulds it to its purpose....

When I was young, I thought that money was the most important thing in life;...

When I was young, I thought that money was the most important thing in life;...

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...

All that I desire to point out is the general principle that life imitates art...

All that I desire to point out is the general principle that life imitates art...

As long as a woman can look ten years younger than her own daughter, she...

As long as a woman can look ten years younger than her own daughter, she...

A red rose is not selfish because it wants to be a red rose. It...

A red rose is not selfish because it wants to be a red rose. It...

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...

What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise

What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise

Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.

Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.

Scepticism is the beginning of Faith.

Scepticism is the beginning of Faith.

He wears his faith but as the fashion of his hat.

He wears his faith but as the fashion of his hat.

Just because you can't see the air, doesn't mean you stop breathing. Just because you...

Just because you can't see the air, doesn't mean you stop breathing. Just because you...