Most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it is too late that the only things one never regrets are one's mistakes.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.

To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.

The final mystery is oneself.

The final mystery is oneself.

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,...

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...

The good ended happily, and the bad unhappily. That is what fiction means.

The good ended happily, and the bad unhappily. That is what fiction means.

Marriage is not a word; it is a sentence

Marriage is not a word; it is a sentence

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...

Seriousness is the last refuge of the shallow.

Seriousness is the last refuge of the shallow.

To love one's self is the beginning of a life-long romance

To love one's self is the beginning of a life-long romance

A work of art is the unique result of a unique temperament.

A work of art is the unique result of a unique temperament.

If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend...

If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend...

The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything, except what is worth knowing

The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything, except what is worth knowing

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

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

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...

All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his.

All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his.

It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors.

It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors.

There is only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is...

There is only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is...

Alas, I am dying beyond my means.

Alas, I am dying beyond my means.

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.

Everything popular is wrong.

Everything popular is wrong.