The good ended happily, and the bad unhappily. That is what fiction means.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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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...

One's past is what one is. It is the only way by which people should...

One's past is what one is. It is the only way by which people should...

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...

The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

By persistently remaining single a man converts himself into a permanent public temptation.

By persistently remaining single a man converts himself into a permanent public temptation.

Ordinary riches can be stolen; real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things...

Ordinary riches can be stolen; real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things...

Experience is the name every one gives to their mistakes.

Experience is the name every one gives to their mistakes.

When a man has once loved a woman he will do anything for her except...

When a man has once loved a woman he will do anything for her except...

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.

As long as war is regarded as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When...

As long as war is regarded as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When...

If you are not too long, I will wait here for you all my life.

If you are not too long, I will wait here for you all my life.

Her love was trembling in laughter on her lips.

Her love was trembling in laughter on her lips.

The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.

The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.

No man is rich enough to buy back his past.

No man is rich enough to buy back his past.

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

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

In America the President reigns for four years, and Journalism governs forever and ever.

In America the President reigns for four years, and Journalism governs forever and ever.

Friendship is far more tragic than love, it lasts longer.

Friendship is far more tragic than love, it lasts longer.

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;...

To remain young one must change. The perpetual campus hero is not a young man...

To remain young one must change. The perpetual campus hero is not a young man...

The problem with some people is that when they aren't drunk, they're sober.

The problem with some people is that when they aren't drunk, they're sober.