Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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A kiss may ruin a human life.

A kiss may ruin a human life.

There is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves we feel that no one...

There is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves we feel that no one...

What seems to us bitter trials are often blessings in disguise.

What seems to us bitter trials are often blessings in disguise.

She...can talk brillantly upon any subject provided she knows nothing about it.

She...can talk brillantly upon any subject provided she knows nothing about it.

When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one's self, and one always...

When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one's self, and one always...

Nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude

Nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude

The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it's dead for you.

The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it's dead for you.

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.

The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.

The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.

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...

A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.

A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.

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...

To get back one's youth one has merely to repeat one's follies

To get back one's youth one has merely to repeat one's follies

Work is the refuge of people who have nothing better to do

Work is the refuge of people who have nothing better to do

Twenty years of romance makes a woman look like a ruin; but twenty years of...

Twenty years of romance makes a woman look like a ruin; but twenty years of...

Ambition is the last refuge of failure.

Ambition is the last refuge of failure.

Religions die when they are proved to be true. Science is the record of dead...

Religions die when they are proved to be true. Science is the record of dead...

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.

He, who has health, has hope; and he who has hope has everything

He, who has health, has hope; and he who has hope has everything

There is no hope of joy except in human relations

There is no hope of joy except in human relations