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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The worst vice of a fanatic is his sincerity.

The worst vice of a fanatic is his sincerity.

Nothing is so aggravating than calmness.

Nothing is so aggravating than calmness.

We live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities.

We live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities.

We are each our own devil, and we make this world our hell

We are each our own devil, and we make this world our hell

Charity creates a multitude of sins.

Charity creates a multitude of sins.

Women represent the triumph of matter over mind, just as men represent the triumph of...

Women represent the triumph of matter over mind, just as men represent the triumph of...

Nothing spoils a romance so much as a sense of humor in the woman

Nothing spoils a romance so much as a sense of humor in the woman

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...

While we look to the dramatist to give romance to realism, we ask of the...

While we look to the dramatist to give romance to realism, we ask of the...

All trials are trials for one's life, just as all sentences are sentences of death.

All trials are trials for one's life, just as all sentences are sentences of death.

Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same.

Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same.

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 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...

The good ended happily, and the bad unhappily. That is what fiction means.

The good ended happily, and the bad unhappily. That is what fiction means.

Only the shallow know themselves.

Only the shallow know themselves.

Those who try to lead the people can only do so by following the mob

Those who try to lead the people can only do so by following the mob

One should never make one's debut in a scandal. One should reserve that to give...

One should never make one's debut in a scandal. One should reserve that to give...

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...

I always thought I should be treated like a star.

I always thought I should be treated like a star.

Egotism is the glue with which you get stuck in yourself

Egotism is the glue with which you get stuck in yourself

Gossip is just news running ahead of itself in a red satin dress.

Gossip is just news running ahead of itself in a red satin dress.

I should learn from today and make tomorrow better.

I should learn from today and make tomorrow better.

Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop.

Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop.