Man can believe the impossible, but man can never believe the improbable.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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An optimist will tell you the glass is half-full; the pessimist, half-empty; and the engineer...

An optimist will tell you the glass is half-full; the pessimist, half-empty; and the engineer...

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

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

Scepticism is the beginning of Faith.

Scepticism is the beginning of Faith.

Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people whom we personally dislike.

Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people whom we personally dislike.

A man can be happy with any woman, as long as he does not love...

A man can be happy with any woman, as long as he does not love...

One can survive everything, nowadays, except death, and live down everything except a good reputation.

One can survive everything, nowadays, except death, and live down everything except a good reputation.

Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.

Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.

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

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

I want my food dead. Not sick, not dying, dead.

I want my food dead. Not sick, not dying, dead.

The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

One's past is what one is. It is the only way by which people should...

One's past is what one is. It is the only way by which people should...

Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of...

Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of...

There is nothing so difficult to marry as a large nose.

There is nothing so difficult to marry as a large nose.

Romance should never begin with sentiment. It should begin with science and end with a...

Romance should never begin with sentiment. It should begin with science and end with a...

Most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it is...

Most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it is...

There is no necessity to separate the monarch from the mob; all authority is equally...

There is no necessity to separate the monarch from the mob; all authority is equally...

To get back to my youth I would do anything in the world, except take...

To get back to my youth I would do anything in the world, except take...

Nothing is so aggravating than calmness.

Nothing is so aggravating than calmness.

I am the only person in the world I should like to know thoroughly.

I am the only person in the world I should like to know thoroughly.

How marriage ruins a man! It is as demoralizing as cigarettes, and far more expensive.

How marriage ruins a man! It is as demoralizing as cigarettes, and far more expensive.