Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon...

Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon...

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.

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

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

Until this moment, I never understood how hard it was to lose something you never...

Until this moment, I never understood how hard it was to lose something you never...

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go

When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers.

When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers.

The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is...

The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is...

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

Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals.

Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals.

Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching.

Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching.

The old believe everything; the middle aged suspect everything: the young know everything.

The old believe everything; the middle aged suspect everything: the young know everything.

A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment...

A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment...

We degenerate into hideous puppets, haunted by the memory of the passions of which we...

We degenerate into hideous puppets, haunted by the memory of the passions of which we...

It is through¦ Art and Art only that we can shield ourselves from the sordid...

It is through¦ Art and Art only that we can shield ourselves from the sordid...

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

This suspense is terrible. I hope it will last.

This suspense is terrible. I hope it will last.

I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it....

I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it....

I have made an important discovery... that alcohol, taken in sufficient quantities, produces all the...

I have made an important discovery... that alcohol, taken in sufficient quantities, produces all the...

To be a man is to be responsible. It is to feel shame at the...

To be a man is to be responsible. It is to feel shame at the...

One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries.

One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries.