One can survive everything nowadays, except death, and live down anything, except a good reputation.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Death Quotes, Reputation Quotes

Memory is the diary that we all carry about with us.

Memory is the diary that we all carry about with us.

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

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

I can stand brute force, but brute reason is quite unbearable. There is something unfair...

I can stand brute force, but brute reason is quite unbearable. There is something unfair...

His morality is all sympathy, just what morality should be

His morality is all sympathy, just what morality should be

While we look to the dramatist to give romance to realism, we ask of the...

While we look to the dramatist to give romance to realism, we ask of the...

Work is the curse of the drinking classes.

Work is the curse of the drinking classes.

I want my food dead. Not sick, not dying, dead.

I want my food dead. Not sick, not dying, dead.

People who count their chickens before they are hatched, act very wisely, because chickens run...

People who count their chickens before they are hatched, act very wisely, because chickens run...

A man can't be too careful in the choice of his enemies.

A man can't be too careful in the choice of his enemies.

Deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.

Deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.

Experience is one thing you can't get for nothing.

Experience is one thing you can't get for nothing.

Men always want to be a woman's first love. That is their clumsy vanity. We...

Men always want to be a woman's first love. That is their clumsy vanity. We...

Alas, I am dying beyond my means.

Alas, I am dying beyond my means.

Literature always anticipates life. It does not copy it, but moulds it to its purpose....

Literature always anticipates life. It does not copy it, but moulds it to its purpose....

The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.

The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.

To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like...

To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like...

You are beautiful when you are happy.

You are beautiful when you are happy.

The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.

The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.

I think self-awareness is probably the most important thing towards being a champion.

I think self-awareness is probably the most important thing towards being a champion.

I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it

I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it