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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I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I...

I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I...

If one could only teach the English how to talk, and the Irish how to...

If one could only teach the English how to talk, and the Irish how to...

There is much to be said in favour of modern journalism. By giving us the...

There is much to be said in favour of modern journalism. By giving us the...

Those who are faithful know only the trivial side of love: it is the faithless...

Those who are faithful know only the trivial side of love: it is the faithless...

Simplicity is Beauty and Beauty is simplicity, nothing more, nothing less.

Simplicity is Beauty and Beauty is simplicity, nothing more, nothing less.

If there is anything in the world more annoying than having people talk about you,...

If there is anything in the world more annoying than having people talk about you,...

Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching.

Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching.

The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own...

The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own...

Women are meant to be loved, not to be understood.

Women are meant to be loved, not to be understood.

Each of the professions means a prejudice. The necessity for a career forces every one...

Each of the professions means a prejudice. The necessity for a career forces every one...

Skepticism is the beginning of faith.

Skepticism is the beginning of faith.

Work is the curse of the drinking classes.

Work is the curse of the drinking classes.

So never lose an opportunity of urging a practical beginning, however small, for it is...

So never lose an opportunity of urging a practical beginning, however small, for it is...

Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow.

Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow.

Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.

Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.

The world is divided into two classes, those who believe the incredible, and those who...

The world is divided into two classes, those who believe the incredible, and those who...

To give and not expect return, that is what lies at the heart of love.

To give and not expect return, that is what lies at the heart of love.

While to the claims of charity a man may yield and yet be free, to...

While to the claims of charity a man may yield and yet be free, to...

Be charitable and indulgent to everyone but thyself.

Be charitable and indulgent to everyone but thyself.

Charity consists not so much on HOW MUCH WE GIVE to the person but on...

Charity consists not so much on HOW MUCH WE GIVE to the person but on...

As human beings, we are endowed with freedom of choice, and we cannot shuffle off...

As human beings, we are endowed with freedom of choice, and we cannot shuffle off...