There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Life Quotes

Women are meant to be loved, not to be understood.

Women are meant to be loved, not to be understood.

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.

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...

Conversation about the weather is the last refuge of the unimaginative.

Conversation about the weather is the last refuge of the unimaginative.

To reveal art and conceal the artist is art's aim

To reveal art and conceal the artist is art's aim

Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic.

Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic.

I have met a lot of hardboiled eggs in my time, but you're twenty minutes.

I have met a lot of hardboiled eggs in my time, but you're twenty minutes.

Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.

Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.

If one tells the truth, one is sure sooner or later to be found out

If one tells the truth, one is sure sooner or later to be found out

Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.

Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.

It is a very sad thing that nowadays there is so little useless information.

It is a very sad thing that nowadays there is so little useless information.

Why was I born with such contemporaries?

Why was I born with such contemporaries?

Truth, in matters of religion, is simply the opinion that has survived

Truth, in matters of religion, is simply the opinion that has survived

I regard the theatre as the greatest of all art forms, the most immediate way...

I regard the theatre as the greatest of all art forms, the most immediate way...

God's eternal laws are kind-and break the heart of stone.

God's eternal laws are kind-and break the heart of stone.

A work of art is the unique result of a unique temperament.

A work of art is the unique result of a unique temperament.

The consciousness of loving and being loved brings a warmth and richness to life that...

The consciousness of loving and being loved brings a warmth and richness to life that...

I can stand brute force, but brute reason is quite unbearable. There is something unfair...

I can stand brute force, but brute reason is quite unbearable. There is something unfair...

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

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

There is only one class in the community that thinks more about money than the...

There is only one class in the community that thinks more about money than the...