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

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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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...

Put your talent into your work, but your genius into your life

Put your talent into your work, but your genius into your life

Fathers should be neither seen nor heard. That is the only proper basis for family...

Fathers should be neither seen nor heard. That is the only proper basis for family...

True friends stab you in the front.

True friends stab you in the front.

Men become old, but they never become good

Men become old, but they never become good

There is always something ridiculous about the emotions of people whom one has ceased to...

There is always something ridiculous about the emotions of people whom one has ceased to...

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...

In the world there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants,...

In the world there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants,...

Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds.

Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds.

I sometimes think that God in creating man somewhat overestimated his ability.

I sometimes think that God in creating man somewhat overestimated his ability.

I am the only person in the world I should like to know thoroughly.

I am the only person in the world I should like to know thoroughly.

It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating.

It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating.

Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every...

Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every...

Alas, I am dying beyond my means.

Alas, I am dying beyond my means.

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

It is only the modern that ever becomes old fashioned.

It is only the modern that ever becomes old fashioned.

No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly.

No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly.

Everything will change. The only question is growing up or decaying.

Everything will change. The only question is growing up or decaying.

Don't change horses in midstream

Don't change horses in midstream

This is a fantastic time to be entering the business world, because business is going...

This is a fantastic time to be entering the business world, because business is going...