The past is of no importance. The present is of no importance. It is with the future that we have to deal. For the past is what man should not have been. The present is what man ought not to…

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Future Quotes, Past Quotes, The Present Quotes

A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.

A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.

Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities.

Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities.

All that I desire to point out is the general principle that life imitates art...

All that I desire to point out is the general principle that life imitates art...

He to whom the present is the only thing that is present, knows nothing of...

He to whom the present is the only thing that is present, knows nothing of...

Only the shallow know themselves.

Only the shallow know themselves.

Beauty is a form of genius - is higher, indeed, than genius, as it needs...

Beauty is a form of genius - is higher, indeed, than genius, as it needs...

Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about.

Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about.

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....

Men marry because they are tired; women, because they are curious; both are disappointed.

Men marry because they are tired; women, because they are curious; both are disappointed.

One's real life is often the life that one does not lead

One's real life is often the life that one does not lead

An excellent man; he has no enemies; and none of his friends like him.

An excellent man; he has no enemies; and none of his friends like him.

True friends stab you in the front.

True friends stab you in the front.

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

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

They afterwards took me to a dancing saloon where I saw the only rational method...

They afterwards took me to a dancing saloon where I saw the only rational method...

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

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.

All art is quite useless.

All art is quite useless.

Nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.

Nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.

Education is when you read the fine print; experience is what you get when you...

Education is when you read the fine print; experience is what you get when you...

By the age of six the average child will have completed the basic American education.......

By the age of six the average child will have completed the basic American education.......

No man's knowledge here can go beyond his experience.

No man's knowledge here can go beyond his experience.

My invitation to you is to begin living every moment as though you are miraculous...

My invitation to you is to begin living every moment as though you are miraculous...