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

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Death Quotes

People sometimes inquire what form of government is most suitable for an artist to live...

People sometimes inquire what form of government is most suitable for an artist to live...

Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.

Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.

There is only one real tragedy in a woman's life. The fact that her past...

There is only one real tragedy in a woman's life. The fact that her past...

The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is...

The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is...

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.

The aim of life is self-development. To realize one's nature perfectly - that is what...

The aim of life is self-development. To realize one's nature perfectly - that is what...

Comfort is the only thing our civilization can give us.

Comfort is the only thing our civilization can give us.

Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask,...

Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask,...

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...

I am the only person in the world I should like to know thoroughly.

I am the only person in the world I should like to know thoroughly.

A poet can survive everything but a misprint.

A poet can survive everything but a misprint.

How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on...

How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on...

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.

While to the claims of charity a man may yield and yet be free, to...

While to the claims of charity a man may yield and yet be free, to...

If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use...

If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use...

Why was I born with such contemporaries?

Why was I born with such contemporaries?

A man who is master of himself can end a sorrow as easily as he...

A man who is master of himself can end a sorrow as easily as he...

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

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

Nothing is so aggravating than calmness.

Nothing is so aggravating than calmness.

Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses...

Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses...