Our ambition should be to rule ourselves, the true kingdom for each one of us; and true progress is to know more, and be more, and to do more.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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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...

To love one's self is the beginning of a life-long romance.

To love one's self is the beginning of a life-long romance.

The only reward for love is the experience of loving.

The only reward for love is the experience of loving.

Hearts live by being wounded.

Hearts live by being wounded.

Deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.

Deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.

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...

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...

I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in...

I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in...

To expect the unexpected shows a thoroughly modern intellect.

To expect the unexpected shows a thoroughly modern intellect.

Memory is the diary that we all carry about with us

Memory is the diary that we all carry about with us

How else but through a broken heart may Lord Christ enter in?

How else but through a broken heart may Lord Christ enter in?

Beauty is a form of genius - is higher, indeed, than genius, as it needs...

Beauty is a form of genius - is higher, indeed, than genius, as it needs...

Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.

Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go

Plain women are always jealous of their husbands. Beautiful women never are. They are always...

Plain women are always jealous of their husbands. Beautiful women never are. They are always...

The face of the enemy frightens me only when I see how much it resembles...

The face of the enemy frightens me only when I see how much it resembles...

Men always want to be a woman's first love. That is their clumsy vanity. We...

Men always want to be a woman's first love. That is their clumsy vanity. We...

In married life three is company and two none.

In married life three is company and two none.

The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously,...

The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously,...

Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you...

Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you...