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

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Life Quotes

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

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

I never approve, or disapprove, of anything now. It is an absurd attitude to take...

I never approve, or disapprove, of anything now. It is an absurd attitude to take...

There is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves we feel that no one...

There is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves we feel that no one...

Work is the refuge of people who have nothing better to do

Work is the refuge of people who have nothing better to do

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...

Nature is always behind the age

Nature is always behind the age

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

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

Children begin by loving their parents; after a time they judge them; rarely, if ever,...

Children begin by loving their parents; after a time they judge them; rarely, if ever,...

Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses...

Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses...

A poet can survive everything but a misprint.

A poet can survive everything but a misprint.

Questions are never indiscreet: answers sometimes are

Questions are never indiscreet: answers sometimes are

Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast.

Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast.

A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.

A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.

Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.

Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.

It was the passions about whose origin we deceived ourselves that tyrannized most strongly over...

It was the passions about whose origin we deceived ourselves that tyrannized most strongly over...

Good resolutions are simply checks that men draw on a bank where they have no...

Good resolutions are simply checks that men draw on a bank where they have no...

One can give a really unbiased opinion only about things that do not interest one

One can give a really unbiased opinion only about things that do not interest one

No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would...

No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would...

It is only after years of preparation that the young artist should touch color -...

It is only after years of preparation that the young artist should touch color -...

The perfection of art is to conceal art.

The perfection of art is to conceal art.

Art consists of limitation. The most beautiful part of every picture is the frame.

Art consists of limitation. The most beautiful part of every picture is the frame.