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

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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Paradoxically though it may seem, it is none the less true that life imitates art...

Paradoxically though it may seem, it is none the less true that life imitates art...

Experience is the name every one gives to their mistakes.

Experience is the name every one gives to their mistakes.

If there was less sympathy in the world, there would be less trouble in the...

If there was less sympathy in the world, there would be less trouble in the...

There is nothing in the world like the devotion of a married woman. It is...

There is nothing in the world like the devotion of a married woman. It is...

The aim of love is to love: no more, and no less.

The aim of love is to love: no more, and no less.

Simplicity is Beauty and Beauty is simplicity, nothing more, nothing less.

Simplicity is Beauty and Beauty is simplicity, nothing more, nothing less.

To become a spectator of one's own life is to escape the suffering of life.

To become a spectator of one's own life is to escape the suffering of life.

Those whom the gods love grow young.

Those whom the gods love grow young.

Art is the most intense mode of invidualism that the world has known.

Art is the most intense mode of invidualism that the world has known.

The worst form of tyranny the world has ever known the tyranny of the weak...

The worst form of tyranny the world has ever known the tyranny of the weak...

A man who moralizes is usually a hypocrite, and a woman who moralizes is invariably...

A man who moralizes is usually a hypocrite, and a woman who moralizes is invariably...

Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching.

Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching.

The way of paradoxes is the way of truth.

The way of paradoxes is the way of truth.

How strange a thing this is! The Priest telleth me that the Soul is worth...

How strange a thing this is! The Priest telleth me that the Soul is worth...

Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals.

Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals.

The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.

The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.

It is only by not paying one's bills that one can hope to live in...

It is only by not paying one's bills that one can hope to live in...

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

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

This suspense is terrible. I hope it will last.

This suspense is terrible. I hope it will last.

How marriage ruins a man! It is as demoralizing as cigarettes, and far more expensive.

How marriage ruins a man! It is as demoralizing as cigarettes, and far more expensive.