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

As long as war is regarded as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When...

As long as war is regarded as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When...

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...

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...

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.

Shallow sorrows and shallow loves live on. The loves and sorrows that are great are...

Shallow sorrows and shallow loves live on. The loves and sorrows that are great are...

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...

These days man knows the price of everything, but the value of nothing.

These days man knows the price of everything, but the value of nothing.

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.

I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my...

I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my...

Ordinary riches can be stolen, real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things...

Ordinary riches can be stolen, real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things...

Work is the curse of the drinking classes.

Work is the curse of the drinking classes.

People who love only once in their lives are. . . shallow people. What they...

People who love only once in their lives are. . . shallow people. What they...

An optimist will tell you the glass is half-full; the pessimist, half-empty; and the engineer...

An optimist will tell you the glass is half-full; the pessimist, half-empty; and the engineer...

I have made an important discovery... that alcohol, taken in sufficient quantities, produces all the...

I have made an important discovery... that alcohol, taken in sufficient quantities, produces all the...

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...

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.

You are beautiful when you are happy.

You are beautiful when you are happy.

The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.

The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.

Ordinary riches can be stolen; real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things...

Ordinary riches can be stolen; real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things...

There is only one class in the community that thinks more about money than the...

There is only one class in the community that thinks more about money than the...