Shallow sorrows and shallow loves live on. The loves and sorrows that are great are destroyed by their own plenitude.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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I have nothing to declare but my genius.

I have nothing to declare but my genius.

Memory is the diary that we all carry about with us

Memory is the diary that we all carry about with us

The secret of life is in art.

The secret of life is in art.

There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating; people who know absolutely...

There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating; people who know absolutely...

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.

A man can be happy with any woman, as long as he does not love...

A man can be happy with any woman, as long as he does not love...

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...

I like men who have a future and women who have a past.

I like men who have a future and women who have a past.

The typewriting machine, when played with expression, is no more annoying than the piano when...

The typewriting machine, when played with expression, is no more annoying than the piano when...

How else but through a broken heart may Lord Christ enter in?

How else but through a broken heart may Lord Christ enter in?

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

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

It is through¦ Art and Art only that we can shield ourselves from the sordid...

It is through¦ Art and Art only that we can shield ourselves from the sordid...

A man who does not think for himself does not think at all.

A man who does not think for himself does not think at all.

Skepticism is the beginning of faith.

Skepticism is the beginning of faith.

The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

All that I desire to point out is the general principle that life imitates art...

All that I desire to point out is the general principle that life imitates art...

The salesman knows nothing of what he is selling save that he is charging a...

The salesman knows nothing of what he is selling save that he is charging a...

When I was young, I thought that money was the most important thing in life;...

When I was young, I thought that money was the most important thing in life;...

Old age, calm, expanded, broad with the haughty breadth of the universe, old age flowing...

Old age, calm, expanded, broad with the haughty breadth of the universe, old age flowing...

Being over seventy is like being engaged in a war. All our friends are going...

Being over seventy is like being engaged in a war. All our friends are going...