It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Confession Quotes, Guilt Quotes

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.

Hearts live by being wounded.

Hearts live by being wounded.

Temperament is the primary requisite for the critic - a temperament exquisitely susceptible to beauty,...

Temperament is the primary requisite for the critic - a temperament exquisitely susceptible to beauty,...

Men always want to be a woman's first love - women like to be a...

Men always want to be a woman's first love - women like to be a...

Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow.

Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow.

No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would...

No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would...

They afterwards took me to a dancing saloon where I saw the only rational method...

They afterwards took me to a dancing saloon where I saw the only rational method...

Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities.

Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities.

There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that...

There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that...

The one person who has more illusions than the dreamer is the man of action

The one person who has more illusions than the dreamer is the man of action

Murder is always a mistake - one should never do anything one cannot talk about...

Murder is always a mistake - one should never do anything one cannot talk about...

Wickedness is a myth invented by good people to account for the curious attractiveness of...

Wickedness is a myth invented by good people to account for the curious attractiveness of...

One can give a really unbiased opinion only about things that do not interest one

One can give a really unbiased opinion only about things that do not interest one

No woman should ever be quite accurate about her age. It looks so calculating.

No woman should ever be quite accurate about her age. It looks so calculating.

Children have a natural antipathy to books - handicraft should be the basis of education....

Children have a natural antipathy to books - handicraft should be the basis of education....

Comfort is the only thing our civilization can give us.

Comfort is the only thing our civilization can give us.

It is always the unreadable that occurs.

It is always the unreadable that occurs.

He lives the poetry that he cannot write. The others write the poetry that they...

He lives the poetry that he cannot write. The others write the poetry that they...

The people whom he admires honestly and the products/pictures that he adores genuinely, together defines...

The people whom he admires honestly and the products/pictures that he adores genuinely, together defines...

To keep on saying all requires the good courage really; but to keep on doing...

To keep on saying all requires the good courage really; but to keep on doing...

Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings.

Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings.

To understand courage, one must know its opposite, conformity.

To understand courage, one must know its opposite, conformity.

When life changes to be more difficult, change yourself to be stronger.

When life changes to be more difficult, change yourself to be stronger.

He is the poet of solitude.

He is the poet of solitude.

If you wait to do everything until you're sure it's right, you'll probably never do...

If you wait to do everything until you're sure it's right, you'll probably never do...

Talent alone cannot make a writer. There must be a man behind the book; a...

Talent alone cannot make a writer. There must be a man behind the book; a...