It is perfectly monstrous the way people go about nowadays saying things against one, behind one's back, that are absolutely and entirely true.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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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....

Anybody can make history; only a great man can write it

Anybody can make history; only a great man can write it

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,...

Men become old, but they never become good

Men become old, but they never become good

Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.

Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.

To regret one's own experiences is to arrest one's own development. To deny one's own...

To regret one's own experiences is to arrest one's own development. To deny one's own...

Judges, like the criminal classes, have their lighter moments

Judges, like the criminal classes, have their lighter moments

We degenerate into hideous puppets, haunted by the memory of the passions of which we...

We degenerate into hideous puppets, haunted by the memory of the passions of which we...

The only difference between a caprice and a lifelong passion is that the caprice lasts...

The only difference between a caprice and a lifelong passion is that the caprice lasts...

I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it....

I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it....

He hadn't a single redeeming vice.

He hadn't a single redeeming vice.

Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes, they...

Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes, they...

It takes a thoroughly good woman to do a thoroughly stupid thing

It takes a thoroughly good woman to do a thoroughly stupid thing

The secret of life is in art.

The secret of life is in art.

The difference between literature and journalism is that journalism is unreadable and literature is not...

The difference between literature and journalism is that journalism is unreadable and literature is not...

We all live in the gutter but some of us are looking up at the...

We all live in the gutter but some of us are looking up at the...

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...

Faithfulness is to the emotional life what consistency is to the life of the intellect...

Faithfulness is to the emotional life what consistency is to the life of the intellect...

Life is a wilderness of twists and turns, where faith is your only compass.

Life is a wilderness of twists and turns, where faith is your only compass.

This is faith: a renouncing of everything we are apt to call our own and...

This is faith: a renouncing of everything we are apt to call our own and...