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

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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We live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities.

We live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities.

No man is rich enough to buy back his past.

No man is rich enough to buy back his past.

Nowadays most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it...

Nowadays most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it...

Nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude

Nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude

If there is anything in the world more annoying than having people talk about you,...

If there is anything in the world more annoying than having people talk about you,...

The supreme object of life is to live. Few people live. It is true life...

The supreme object of life is to live. Few people live. It is true life...

All trials are trials for one's life, just as all sentences are sentences of death.

All trials are trials for one's life, just as all sentences are sentences of death.

Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.

Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.

Mr. Henry James writes fiction as if it were a painful duty.

Mr. Henry James writes fiction as if it were a painful duty.

There is luxury in self reproach. When we blame ourselves, we feel no one else...

There is luxury in self reproach. When we blame ourselves, we feel no one else...

Ultimately the bond of all companionship, whether in marriage or in friendship, is conversation.

Ultimately the bond of all companionship, whether in marriage or in friendship, is conversation.

It is exactly because a man cannot do a thing that he is a proper...

It is exactly because a man cannot do a thing that he is a proper...

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

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

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.

Nothing makes one so vain as being told one is a sinner. Conscience makes egotists...

Nothing makes one so vain as being told one is a sinner. Conscience makes egotists...

In the world there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants,...

In the world there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants,...

There is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves we feel no one else...

There is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves we feel no one else...

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.

The two foes of human happiness are pain and boredom

The two foes of human happiness are pain and boredom

Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for...

Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for...

You don't know a woman until you have a letter from her

You don't know a woman until you have a letter from her