There is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves we feel no one else has a right to blame us.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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A man can be happy with any woman as long as he does not love...

A man can be happy with any woman as long as he does not love...

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

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...

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;...

A true friend stabs you in the front.

A true friend stabs you in the front.

I do not approve of anything which tampers with natural ignorance

I do not approve of anything which tampers with natural ignorance

A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely...

A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely...

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...

Vulgarity is the conduct of other people, just as falsehoods are the truths of other...

Vulgarity is the conduct of other people, just as falsehoods are the truths of other...

It is because Humanity has never known where it was going that it has been...

It is because Humanity has never known where it was going that it has been...

Fathers should be neither seen nor heard. That is the only proper basis for family...

Fathers should be neither seen nor heard. That is the only proper basis for family...

Religions die when they are proved to be true. Science is the record of dead...

Religions die when they are proved to be true. Science is the record of dead...

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

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

With an evening coat and a white tie, anybody, even a stockbroker, can gain a...

With an evening coat and a white tie, anybody, even a stockbroker, can gain a...

Those who are faithful know only the trivial side of love: it is the faithless...

Those who are faithful know only the trivial side of love: it is the faithless...

Temperament is the primary requisite for the critic - a temperament exquisitely susceptible to beauty,...

Temperament is the primary requisite for the critic - a temperament exquisitely susceptible to beauty,...

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.

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

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

The wisdom of man never yet contrived a system of taxation that would operate with...

The wisdom of man never yet contrived a system of taxation that would operate with...

He who knows others is learned; he who knows himself is wise

He who knows others is learned; he who knows himself is wise

The past cannot be changed, the future is still in your power

The past cannot be changed, the future is still in your power