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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Those who are faithful know only the trivial side of love: it is the faithless...

Those who are faithful know only the trivial side of love: it is the faithless...

To become a spectator of one's own life is to escape the suffering of life.

To become a spectator of one's own life is to escape the suffering of life.

With an evening coat and a white tie, anybody, even a stockbroker, can gain a...

With an evening coat and a white tie, anybody, even a stockbroker, can gain a...

Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.

Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.

Where there is sorrow, there is holy ground

Where there is sorrow, there is holy ground

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.

The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is...

The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is...

Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.

Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.

I do not approve of anything which tampers with natural ignorance

I do not approve of anything which tampers with natural ignorance

Good taste is the excuse I've always given for leading such a bad life.

Good taste is the excuse I've always given for leading such a bad life.

She...can talk brillantly upon any subject provided she knows nothing about it.

She...can talk brillantly upon any subject provided she knows nothing about it.

All charming people, I fancy, are spoiled. It is the secret of their attraction.

All charming people, I fancy, are spoiled. It is the secret of their attraction.

One of the many lessons that one learns in prison is, that things are what...

One of the many lessons that one learns in prison is, that things are what...

The aim of love is to love: no more, and no less.

The aim of love is to love: no more, and no less.

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...

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.

It is only an auctioneer who can equally and impartially admire all schools of art.

It is only an auctioneer who can equally and impartially admire all schools of art.

Murder is always a mistake - one should never do anything one cannot talk about...

Murder is always a mistake - one should never do anything one cannot talk about...

People think we had a love-hate relationship. Well, I did not love him, nor did...

People think we had a love-hate relationship. Well, I did not love him, nor did...

It's called political economy because it is has nothing to do with either politics or...

It's called political economy because it is has nothing to do with either politics or...