The advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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If one plays good music, people don't listen and if one plays bad music people...

If one plays good music, people don't listen and if one plays bad music people...

What seems to us bitter trials are often blessings in disguise.

What seems to us bitter trials are often blessings in disguise.

If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use...

If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use...

I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I...

I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I...

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;...

Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.

Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.

Biography lends to death a new terror.

Biography lends to death a new terror.

Of course the music is a great difficulty. You see, if one plays good music,...

Of course the music is a great difficulty. You see, if one plays good music,...

I want the dead lovers of the world to hear our laughter and grow sad....

I want the dead lovers of the world to hear our laughter and grow sad....

Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow.

Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow.

It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances

It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances

Deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.

Deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.

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.

A true friend stabs you in the front.

A true friend stabs you in the front.

Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that...

Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that...

Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that...

Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that...

It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors.

It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors.

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...

Treat your password like your toothbrush. Don't let anybody else use it, and get a...

Treat your password like your toothbrush. Don't let anybody else use it, and get a...

Be yourself is the worst advice you can give to some people.

Be yourself is the worst advice you can give to some people.

All outward forms of religion are almost useless, and are the causes of endless strife....

All outward forms of religion are almost useless, and are the causes of endless strife....