Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.

The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.

Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.

Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.

The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything. Except what is worth knowing. Journalism,...

The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything. Except what is worth knowing. Journalism,...

The world has grown suspicious of anything that looks like a happily married life.

The world has grown suspicious of anything that looks like a happily married life.

An ordinary man away from home giving advice.

An ordinary man away from home giving advice.

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...

Those whom the gods love grow young.

Those whom the gods love grow young.

What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value...

What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value...

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....

It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances

It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances

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...

It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution

It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution

To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like...

To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like...

God and other artists are always a little obscure.

God and other artists are always a little obscure.

Judges, like the criminal classes, have their lighter moments

Judges, like the criminal classes, have their lighter moments

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...

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...

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...

It is not the language of painters but the language of nature which one should...

It is not the language of painters but the language of nature which one should...

Our generation has an incredible amount of realism, yet at the same time it loves...

Our generation has an incredible amount of realism, yet at the same time it loves...