Ordinary riches can be stolen; real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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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.

Men marry because they are tired, women because they are curious; both are disappointed.

Men marry because they are tired, women because they are curious; both are disappointed.

Extravagance is the luxury of the poor; penury is the luxury of the rich

Extravagance is the luxury of the poor; penury is the luxury of the rich

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

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

I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.

I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.

It is a very sad thing that nowadays there is so little useless information.

It is a very sad thing that nowadays there is so little useless information.

The typewriting machine, when played with expression, is no more annoying than the piano when...

The typewriting machine, when played with expression, is no more annoying than the piano when...

I suppose society is wonderfully delightful. To be in it is merely a bore. But...

I suppose society is wonderfully delightful. To be in it is merely a bore. But...

Authority is quite degrading

Authority is quite degrading

A work of art is the unique result of a unique temperament.

A work of art is the unique result of a unique temperament.

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...

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...

Literature always anticipates life. It does not copy it, but moulds it to its purpose....

Literature always anticipates life. It does not copy it, but moulds it to its purpose....

Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing.

Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing.

Comfort is the only thing our civilization can give us.

Comfort is the only thing our civilization can give us.

I don't at all like knowing what people say of me behind my back. It...

I don't at all like knowing what people say of me behind my back. It...

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...

Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when...

Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when...

Ideology has very little to do with 'consciousness' - it is profoundly unconscious.

Ideology has very little to do with 'consciousness' - it is profoundly unconscious.

Although time seems to fly, it never travels faster than one day at a time....

Although time seems to fly, it never travels faster than one day at a time....

This is the true joy of life, the being used up for a purpose recognized...

This is the true joy of life, the being used up for a purpose recognized...