Men marry because they are tired; women, because they are curious; both are disappointed.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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Looking good and dressing well is a necessity. Having a purpose in life is not.

Looking good and dressing well is a necessity. Having a purpose in life is not.

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

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

I knew that I had come face to face with some one whose mere personality...

I knew that I had come face to face with some one whose mere personality...

I can stand brute force, but brute reason is quite unbearable. There is something unfair...

I can stand brute force, but brute reason is quite unbearable. There is something unfair...

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...

The world was my oyster but I used the wrong fork - Oscar Wilde

The world was my oyster but I used the wrong fork - Oscar Wilde

Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses...

Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses...

A true friend stabs you in the front.

A true friend stabs you in the front.

No man is rich enough to buy back his past.

No man is rich enough to buy back his past.

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,...

No man is rich enough to buy back his past.

No man is rich enough to buy back his past.

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.

A man's face is his autobiography. A woman's face is her work of fiction.

A man's face is his autobiography. A woman's face is her work of fiction.

To become a spectator of one's own life is to escape the suffering of life.

To become a spectator of one's own life is to escape the suffering of life.

Nowadays most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it...

Nowadays most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it...

Religion is the fashionable substitute for belief

Religion is the fashionable substitute for belief

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...

One's real life is so often the life that one does not lead.

One's real life is so often the life that one does not lead.

Nothing can add more power to your life than concentrating all your energies on a...

Nothing can add more power to your life than concentrating all your energies on a...

When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, never give up...

When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, never give up...