Nature is always behind the age

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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The one person who has more illusions than the dreamer is the man of action

The one person who has more illusions than the dreamer is the man of action

One of the many lessons that one learns in prison is, that things are what...

One of the many lessons that one learns in prison is, that things are what...

All great ideas are dangerous.

All great ideas are dangerous.

America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.

America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.

It is only the modern that ever becomes old-fashioned.

It is only the modern that ever becomes old-fashioned.

Ambition is the last refuge of failure.

Ambition is the last refuge of failure.

Conscience and cowardice are really the same things. Conscience is the trade-name of the firm....

Conscience and cowardice are really the same things. Conscience is the trade-name of the firm....

What we have to do, what at any rate it is our duty to do,...

What we have to do, what at any rate it is our duty to do,...

Men always want to be a woman's first love - women like to be a...

Men always want to be a woman's first love - women like to be a...

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...

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...

It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will...

It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will...

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...

I am the only person in the world I should like to know thoroughly.

I am the only person in the world I should like to know thoroughly.

You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you...

You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than 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.

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.

All art is quite useless.

All art is quite useless.

We have lost the art of living, and in the most important science of all,...

We have lost the art of living, and in the most important science of all,...

Art is I; science is we

Art is I; science is we