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

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Death Quotes

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...

I welcome this opportunity of pricking the bloated bladder of lies with the poniard of...

I welcome this opportunity of pricking the bloated bladder of lies with the poniard of...

If you are not too long, I will wait here for you all my life.

If you are not too long, I will wait here for you all my life.

Arguments are to be avoided; they are always vulgar and often convincing

Arguments are to be avoided; they are always vulgar and often convincing

I have nothing to declare but my genius.

I have nothing to declare but my genius.

He lives the poetry that he cannot write. The others write the poetry that they...

He lives the poetry that he cannot write. The others write the poetry that they...

A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally.

A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally.

Men always want to be a woman's first love. Women have a more subtle instinct:...

Men always want to be a woman's first love. Women have a more subtle instinct:...

From the point of view of literature Mr. Kipling is a genius who drops his...

From the point of view of literature Mr. Kipling is a genius who drops his...

Murder is always a mistake - one should never do anything one cannot talk about...

Murder is always a mistake - one should never do anything one cannot talk about...

What people call insincerity is simply a method by which we can multiply our personalities.

What people call insincerity is simply a method by which we can multiply our personalities.

I regard the theatre as the greatest of all art forms, the most immediate way...

I regard the theatre as the greatest of all art forms, the most immediate way...

Women represent the triumph of matter over mind, just as men represent the triumph of...

Women represent the triumph of matter over mind, just as men represent the triumph of...

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

Young men want to be faithful, and are not; old men want to be faithless,...

Young men want to be faithful, and are not; old men want to be faithless,...

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...

All that I desire to point out is the general principle that life imitates art...

All that I desire to point out is the general principle that life imitates art...

It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating.

It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating.

The salesman knows nothing of what he is selling save that he is charging a...

The salesman knows nothing of what he is selling save that he is charging a...

When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers.

When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers.