The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it's dead for you.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.

The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.

The well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves.

The well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves.

Men of thoughts should have nothing to do with action

Men of thoughts should have nothing to do with action

When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one's self, and one always...

When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one's self, and one always...

Men always want to be a womans first love. Women have a more subtle instinct:...

Men always want to be a womans first love. Women have a more subtle instinct:...

Until this moment, I never understood how hard it was to lose something you never...

Until this moment, I never understood how hard it was to lose something you never...

To give and not expect return, that is what lies at the heart of love.

To give and not expect return, that is what lies at the heart of love.

Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon...

Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon...

A kiss may ruin a human life.

A kiss may ruin a human life.

Hatred is blind, as well as love.

Hatred is blind, as well as love.

Good resolutions are simply checks that men draw on a bank where they have no...

Good resolutions are simply checks that men draw on a bank where they have no...

Memory... is the diary that we all carry about with us.

Memory... is the diary that we all carry about with us.

Biography lends to death a new terror.

Biography lends to death a new terror.

I don't at all like knowing what people say of me behind my back. It...

I don't at all like knowing what people say of me behind my back. It...

Simplicity is Beauty and Beauty is simplicity, nothing more, nothing less.

Simplicity is Beauty and Beauty is simplicity, nothing more, nothing less.

How else but through a broken heart may Lord Christ enter in?

How else but through a broken heart may Lord Christ enter in?

Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry,...

Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry,...

He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.

He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.

We're all with Friends until Friends dies. If one of us goes, we all go....

We're all with Friends until Friends dies. If one of us goes, we all go....

I do love the films I've done in the past. I work hard in my...

I do love the films I've done in the past. I work hard in my...