There is only one real tragedy in a woman's life. The fact that her past is always her lover, and her future invariably her husband.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Life Quotes

There is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves we feel that no one...

There is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves we feel that no one...

Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.

Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.

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;...

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...

Our ambition should be to rule ourselves, the true kingdom for each one of us;...

Our ambition should be to rule ourselves, the true kingdom for each one of us;...

We are each our own devil, and we make this world our hell

We are each our own devil, and we make this world our hell

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...

The truth is rarely pure and never simple.

The truth is rarely pure and never simple.

The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast.

The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast.

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,...

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...

Any preoccupation with ideas of what is right or wrong in conduct shows an arrested...

Any preoccupation with ideas of what is right or wrong in conduct shows an arrested...

Everything popular is wrong.

Everything popular is wrong.

And he goes through life, his mouth open, and his mind closed.

And he goes through life, his mouth open, and his mind closed.

Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.

Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.

Arguments are extremely vulgar, for everyone in good society holds exactly the same opinion.

Arguments are extremely vulgar, for everyone in good society holds exactly the same opinion.

I do not approve of anything which tampers with natural ignorance

I do not approve of anything which tampers with natural ignorance

I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.

I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.

Mr. Henry James writes fiction as if it were a painful duty.

Mr. Henry James writes fiction as if it were a painful duty.

A poet can survive everything but a misprint.

A poet can survive everything but a misprint.