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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It (cricket) requires one to assume such indecent postures

It (cricket) requires one to assume such indecent postures

Women are meant to be loved, not to be understood.

Women are meant to be loved, not to be understood.

What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value...

What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value...

Between men and women there is no friendship possible. There is passion, enmity, worship, love,...

Between men and women there is no friendship possible. There is passion, enmity, worship, love,...

Conscience and cowardice are really the same things. Conscience is the trade-name of the firm....

Conscience and cowardice are really the same things. Conscience is the trade-name of the firm....

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.

Men always want to be a woman's first love. Women have a more subtle instinct:...

Men always want to be a woman's first love. Women have a more subtle instinct:...

The strength of women comes from the fact that psychology cannot explain us. Men can...

The strength of women comes from the fact that psychology cannot explain us. Men can...

Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast.

Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast.

The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.

The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.

People sometimes inquire what form of government is most suitable for an artist to live...

People sometimes inquire what form of government is most suitable for an artist to live...

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

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

Faithfulness is to the emotional life what consistency is to the life of the intellect...

Faithfulness is to the emotional life what consistency is to the life of the intellect...

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

A red rose is not selfish because it wants to be a red rose. It...

A red rose is not selfish because it wants to be a red rose. It...

It is better to be beautiful than to be good, but it is better to...

It is better to be beautiful than to be good, but it is better to...

Comfort is the only thing our civilization can give us.

Comfort is the only thing our civilization can give us.

Men always want to be a woman's first love. That is their clumsy vanity. We...

Men always want to be a woman's first love. That is their clumsy vanity. We...

Perhaps women have always been in closer contact with reality than men: it would seem...

Perhaps women have always been in closer contact with reality than men: it would seem...

We need to guarantee equal rights and civil rights and say that, here in America,...

We need to guarantee equal rights and civil rights and say that, here in America,...