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

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Dreams Quotes, Regret Quotes

It is a curious fact that people are never so trivial as when they take...

It is a curious fact that people are never so trivial as when they take...

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

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

When I was young, I thought that money was the most important thing in life;...

When I was young, I thought that money was the most important thing in life;...

I have nothing to declare but my genius.

I have nothing to declare but my genius.

Why was I born with such contemporaries?

Why was I born with such contemporaries?

There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating; people who know absolutely...

There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating; people who know absolutely...

It is always the unreadable that occurs.

It is always the unreadable that occurs.

One's past is what one is. It is the only way by which people should...

One's past is what one is. It is the only way by which people should...

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.

True friends stab you in the front.

True friends stab you in the front.

Her love was trembling in laughter on her lips.

Her love was trembling in laughter on her lips.

Faithfulness is to the emotional life what consistency is to the life of the intellect...

Faithfulness is to the emotional life what consistency is to the life of the intellect...

The well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves.

The well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves.

I like men who have a future and women who have a past.

I like men who have a future and women who have a past.

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...

Music makes one feel so romantic - at least it always gets on one's nerves...

Music makes one feel so romantic - at least it always gets on one's nerves...

I don't like compliments, and I don't see why a man should think he is...

I don't like compliments, and I don't see why a man should think he is...

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.

Discipline and concentration are a matter of being interested.

Discipline and concentration are a matter of being interested.

All men are tempted. There is no man that lives that can't be broken down,...

All men are tempted. There is no man that lives that can't be broken down,...