Nowadays 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

Topics: Common Sense Quotes

True friends stab you in the front.

True friends stab you in the front.

Friendship is far more tragic than love, it lasts longer.

Friendship is far more tragic than love, it lasts longer.

In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane.

In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane.

A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely...

A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely...

And now, I am dying beyond my means.

And now, I am dying beyond my means.

There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that...

There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that...

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...

A man who does not think for himself does not think at all.

A man who does not think for himself does not think at all.

Anybody can write a three-volume novel. It merely requires a complete ignorance of both life...

Anybody can write a three-volume novel. It merely requires a complete ignorance of both life...

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...

Those whom the gods love grow young.

Those whom the gods love grow young.

It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution

It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution

Why was I born with such contemporaries?

Why was I born with such contemporaries?

The truth is rarely pure and never simple.

The truth is rarely pure and never simple.

There is no sin except stupidity.

There is no sin except stupidity.

This suspense is terrible. I hope it will last.

This suspense is terrible. I hope it will last.

Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.

Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.

In America, the young are always ready to give to those older than themselves the...

In America, the young are always ready to give to those older than themselves the...

God is the perfect poet.

God is the perfect poet.

Chicago ain't no sissy town.

Chicago ain't no sissy town.

All experiences of life seems to prove that the impediments thrown in the way of...

All experiences of life seems to prove that the impediments thrown in the way of...