The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Self Control Quotes

Death and vulgarity are the only two facts in the nineteenth century that one cannot...

Death and vulgarity are the only two facts in the nineteenth century that one cannot...

Most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it is...

Most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it is...

Women are made to be loved, not understood.

Women are made to be loved, not understood.

A pessimist is somebody who complains about the noise when opportunity knocks.

A pessimist is somebody who complains about the noise when opportunity knocks.

An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.

An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.

I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and...

I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and...

These days man knows the price of everything, but the value of nothing.

These days man knows the price of everything, but the value of nothing.

Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.

Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.

Women are never disarmed by compliments. Men always are. That is the difference between the...

Women are never disarmed by compliments. Men always are. That is the difference between the...

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;...

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...

Ambition is the last refuge of failure.

Ambition is the last refuge of failure.

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

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

Bachelors should be heavily taxed. It is not fair that some men should be happier...

Bachelors should be heavily taxed. It is not fair that some men should be happier...

He hadn't a single redeeming vice.

He hadn't a single redeeming vice.

I hope you have not been leading a double life, pretending to be wicked and...

I hope you have not been leading a double life, pretending to be wicked and...

They spoil every romance by trying to make it last forever.

They spoil every romance by trying to make it last forever.

The past is of no importance. The present is of no importance. It is with...

The past is of no importance. The present is of no importance. It is with...

Discontent is the first necessity of progress.

Discontent is the first necessity of progress.

We are, perhaps, uniquely among the earth's creatures, the worrying animal. We worry away our...

We are, perhaps, uniquely among the earth's creatures, the worrying animal. We worry away our...

Upper classes are a nation's past; the middle class is its future.

Upper classes are a nation's past; the middle class is its future.

To get up each morning with the resolve to be happy... is to set our...

To get up each morning with the resolve to be happy... is to set our...