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

The cynic knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.

The cynic knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.

This suspense is terrible. I hope it will last.

This suspense is terrible. I hope it will last.

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,...

When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers.

When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers.

Don't give a woman advice: one should never give a woman anything she can't wear...

Don't give a woman advice: one should never give a woman anything she can't wear...

While we look to the dramatist to give romance to realism, we ask of the...

While we look to the dramatist to give romance to realism, we ask of the...

It was the passions about whose origin we deceived ourselves that tyrannized most strongly over...

It was the passions about whose origin we deceived ourselves that tyrannized most strongly over...

I always like to know everything about my new friends, and nothing about my old...

I always like to know everything about my new friends, and nothing about my old...

One can survive everything, nowadays, except death, and live down everything except a good reputation.

One can survive everything, nowadays, except death, and live down everything except a good reputation.

Nature is always behind the age.

Nature is always behind the age.

I have nothing to declare except my genuis.

I have nothing to declare except my genuis.

I sometimes think that God in creating man somewhat overestimated his ability.

I sometimes think that God in creating man somewhat overestimated his ability.

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...

In the world there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants,...

In the world there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants,...

The difference between literature and journalism is that journalism is unreadable and literature is not...

The difference between literature and journalism is that journalism is unreadable and literature is not...

We all live in the gutter but some of us are looking up at the...

We all live in the gutter but some of us are looking up at the...

He hadn't a single redeeming vice.

He hadn't a single redeeming vice.

There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating - people who know...

There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating - people who know...

I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in...

I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in...

Women are made to be loved, not understood.

Women are made to be loved, not understood.