Life imitates art far more than art imitates Life.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Life Quotes

There is only one class in the community that thinks more about money than the...

There is only one class in the community that thinks more about money than the...

The typewriting machine, when played with expression, is no more annoying than the piano when...

The typewriting machine, when played with expression, is no more annoying than the piano when...

Nothing is so aggravating than calmness.

Nothing is so aggravating than calmness.

Success is a science; if you have the conditions, you get the result.

Success is a science; if you have the conditions, you get the result.

Memory is the diary that we all carry about with us

Memory is the diary that we all carry about with us

An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.

An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.

The salesman knows nothing of what he is selling save that he is charging a...

The salesman knows nothing of what he is selling save that he is charging a...

If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend...

If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend...

I think that God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability.

I think that God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability.

Anybody can be good in the country. There are no temptations there.

Anybody can be good in the country. There are no temptations there.

Arguments are extremely vulgar, for everyone in good society holds exactly the same opinion.

Arguments are extremely vulgar, for everyone in good society holds exactly the same opinion.

The worst vice of a fanatic is his sincerity.

The worst vice of a fanatic is his sincerity.

Few parents nowadays pay any regard to what their children say to them. The old...

Few parents nowadays pay any regard to what their children say to them. The old...

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,...

We are each our own devil, and we make this world our hell

We are each our own devil, and we make this world our hell

The sign of a Philistine age is the cry of immorality against art.

The sign of a Philistine age is the cry of immorality against art.

In America the President reigns for four years, and Journalism governs for ever and ever

In America the President reigns for four years, and Journalism governs for ever and ever

I am not young enough to know everything.

I am not young enough to know everything.

The broad spectrum of knowledge, the ability to probe into the meaning of an event...

The broad spectrum of knowledge, the ability to probe into the meaning of an event...

He who knows not, and knows not that he knows not, is a fool, shun...

He who knows not, and knows not that he knows not, is a fool, shun...