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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When good Americans die they go to Paris.

When good Americans die they go to Paris.

Now it seems to me that love of some kind is the only possible explanation...

Now it seems to me that love of some kind is the only possible explanation...

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

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

Men always want to be a woman's first love - women like to be a...

Men always want to be a woman's first love - women like to be a...

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.

A man cannot reason with the woman he loves: he cares about her too much.

A man cannot reason with the woman he loves: he cares about her too much.

A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything but the value of...

A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything but the value of...

It is a very sad thing that nowadays there is so little useless information.

It is a very sad thing that nowadays there is so little useless information.

It is through art, and through art only, that we can realise our perfection.

It is through art, and through art only, that we can realise our perfection.

One's real life is so often the life that one does not lead.

One's real life is so often the life that one does not lead.

There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and...

There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and...

Perhaps, after all, America never has been discovered. I myself would say that it had...

Perhaps, after all, America never has been discovered. I myself would say that it had...

In America, the young are always ready to give to those older than themselves the...

In America, the young are always ready to give to those older than themselves the...

I can stand brute force, but brute reason is quite unbearable. There is something unfair...

I can stand brute force, but brute reason is quite unbearable. There is something unfair...

Women are never disarmed by compliments. Men always are. That is the difference between the...

Women are never disarmed by compliments. Men always are. That is the difference between the...

Questions are never indiscreet: answers sometimes are

Questions are never indiscreet: answers sometimes are

To love oneself is the beginning of a life-long romance

To love oneself is the beginning of a life-long romance

Life is too important to be taken seriously.

Life is too important to be taken seriously.

A question that sometimes drives me hazy: am I or are the others crazy?

A question that sometimes drives me hazy: am I or are the others crazy?

Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death

Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death