Plain women are always jealous of their husbands. Beautiful women never are. They are always so occupied with being jealous of other women's husbands.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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Hearts live by being wounded.

Hearts live by being wounded.

God's eternal laws are kind-and break the heart of stone.

God's eternal laws are kind-and break the heart of stone.

Music is the art which is most nigh to tears and memory.

Music is the art which is most nigh to tears and memory.

Ambition is the last refuge of the failure.

Ambition is the last refuge of the failure.

No man is rich enough to buy back his past.

No man is rich enough to buy back his past.

Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.

Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.

Religion is the fashionable substitute for belief

Religion is the fashionable substitute for belief

The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it's dead for you.

The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it's dead for you.

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

You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you...

You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you...

The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it... I can...

The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it... I can...

In marriage, as in war, it is permitted to take every advantage of the enemy.

In marriage, as in war, it is permitted to take every advantage of the enemy.

The only real people are the people who never existed

The only real people are the people who never existed

I see when men love women. They give them but a little of their lives....

I see when men love women. They give them but a little of their lives....

The consciousness of loving and being loved brings a warmth and richness to life that...

The consciousness of loving and being loved brings a warmth and richness to life that...

You know what a woman's curiosity is.

You know what a woman's curiosity is.

Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.

Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.

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...

I regard the theatre as the greatest of all art forms, the most immediate way...

I regard the theatre as the greatest of all art forms, the most immediate way...

Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon...

Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon...