One's real life is often the life that one does not lead.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Life Quotes

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...

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...

Men always want to be a womans first love. Women have a more subtle instinct:...

Men always want to be a womans first love. Women have a more subtle instinct:...

It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution

It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution

In the wild struggle for existance, we want to have something that endures, and so...

In the wild struggle for existance, we want to have something that endures, and so...

This suspense is terrible. I hope it will last.

This suspense is terrible. I hope it will last.

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...

One's real life is so often the life that one does not lead.

One's real life is so often the life that one does not lead.

Yes, I am a thorough republican. No other form of government is so favorable to...

Yes, I am a thorough republican. No other form of government is so favorable to...

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...

Those who are faithful know only the trivial side of love: it is the faithless...

Those who are faithful know only the trivial side of love: it is the faithless...

Life imitates art far more than art imitates Life.

Life imitates art far more than art imitates Life.

To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.

To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.

True friends stab you in the front.

True friends stab you in the front.

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

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

There is nothing so difficult to marry as a large nose.

There is nothing so difficult to marry as a large nose.

The old believe everything; the middle aged suspect everything: the young know everything.

The old believe everything; the middle aged suspect everything: the young know everything.

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...

Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds.

Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds.

To expect the unexpected shows a thoroughly modern intellect.

To expect the unexpected shows a thoroughly modern intellect.