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, Mistakes Quotes

Men of thoughts should have nothing to do with action

Men of thoughts should have nothing to do with action

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.

Conversation about the weather is the last refuge of the unimaginative.

Conversation about the weather is the last refuge of the unimaginative.

Good resolutions are simply checks that men draw on a bank where they have no...

Good resolutions are simply checks that men draw on a bank where they have no...

What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value...

What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value...

Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same.

Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same.

Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.

Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.

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...

Judges, like the criminal classes, have their lighter moments

Judges, like the criminal classes, have their lighter moments

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...

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

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

The strength of women comes from the fact that psychology cannot explain us. Men can...

The strength of women comes from the fact that psychology cannot explain us. Men can...

One's past is what one is. It is the only way by which people should...

One's past is what one is. It is the only way by which people should...

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....

One's past is what one is. It is the only way by which people should...

One's past is what one is. It is the only way by which people should...

Anybody can be good in the country. There are no temptations there.

Anybody can be good in the country. There are no temptations there.

Now that the House of Commons is trying to become useful, it does a great...

Now that the House of Commons is trying to become useful, it does a great...

To become a spectator of one's own life is to escape the suffering of life.

To become a spectator of one's own life is to escape the suffering of life.

What we do in life echoes in eternity.

What we do in life echoes in eternity.

The love of life is necessary to the vigorous prosecution of any undertaking

The love of life is necessary to the vigorous prosecution of any undertaking