Paradoxically though it may seem, it is none the less true that life imitates art far more than art imitates life

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Paradox Quotes

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

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

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

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

The advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray.

The advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray.

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...

A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment...

A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment...

They spoil every romance by trying to make it last forever.

They spoil every romance by trying to make it last forever.

It is because Humanity has never known where it was going that it has been...

It is because Humanity has never known where it was going that it has been...

If one could only teach the English how to talk, and the Irish how to...

If one could only teach the English how to talk, and the Irish how to...

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.

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

What people call insincerity is simply a method by which we can multiply our personalities.

What people call insincerity is simply a method by which we can multiply our personalities.

Only the shallow know themselves.

Only the shallow know themselves.

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...

Yes, I am a thorough republican. No other form of government is so favorable to...

Yes, I am a thorough republican. No other form of government is so favorable to...

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 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.

35 is a very attractive age. London society is full of women of the very...

35 is a very attractive age. London society is full of women of the very...

Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of...

Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of...

Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.

Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.

There is no necessity to separate the monarch from the mob; all authority is equally...

There is no necessity to separate the monarch from the mob; all authority is equally...