Memory... is the diary that we all carry about with us.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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Young men want to be faithful, and are not; old men want to be faithless,...

Young men want to be faithful, and are not; old men want to be faithless,...

We live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities.

We live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities.

Memory is the diary that we all carry about with us.

Memory is the diary that we all carry about with us.

Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.

Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.

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;...

Nature is always behind the age

Nature is always behind the age

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,...

Conversation should touch everything, but should concentrate itself on nothing.

Conversation should touch everything, but should concentrate itself on nothing.

A poet can survive everything but a misprint.

A poet can survive everything but a misprint.

In marriage, as in war, it is permitted to take every advantage of the enemy.

In marriage, as in war, it is permitted to take every advantage of the enemy.

Extravagance is the luxury of the poor; penury is the luxury of the rich

Extravagance is the luxury of the poor; penury is the luxury of the rich

I never approve, or disapprove, of anything now. It is an absurd attitude to take...

I never approve, or disapprove, of anything now. It is an absurd attitude to take...

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...

No, I am not at all cynical, I have merely got experience, which, however, is...

No, I am not at all cynical, I have merely got experience, which, however, is...

I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my...

I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my...

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that...

Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that...

Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live; it is asking others to live...

Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live; it is asking others to live...

Deny Self for Self's sake

Deny Self for Self's sake

If I were starting life over again, I am inclined to think that I would...

If I were starting life over again, I am inclined to think that I would...