Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live; it is asking others to live as one wishes to live. And unselfishness is letting other people's lives alone, not interfering with them. Selfishness always aims at uniformity of type. Unselfishness…

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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The intellect is not a serious thing, and never has been. It is an instrument...

The intellect is not a serious thing, and never has been. It is an instrument...

Memory... is the diary that we all carry about with us.

Memory... is the diary that we all carry about with us.

Only the shallow know themselves.

Only the shallow know themselves.

Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry,...

Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry,...

Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow.

Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow.

Each of the professions means a prejudice. The necessity for a career forces every one...

Each of the professions means a prejudice. The necessity for a career forces every one...

Anybody can make history; only a great man can write it

Anybody can make history; only a great man can write it

Only the shallow know themselves.

Only the shallow know themselves.

Those whom the gods love grow young.

Those whom the gods love grow young.

Men marry because they are tired, women because they are curious; both are disappointed.

Men marry because they are tired, women because they are curious; both are disappointed.

Alas, I am dying beyond my means.

Alas, I am dying beyond my means.

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How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on...

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.

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Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time...

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Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast.

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

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.

Where there is sorrow, there is holy ground

Where there is sorrow, there is holy ground

They say there's a heaven for those who will wait. Some say it's better, but...

They say there's a heaven for those who will wait. Some say it's better, but...

They say there's a heaven for those who will wait. Some say it's better, but...

They say there's a heaven for those who will wait. Some say it's better, but...

If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days...

If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days...