There is something terribly morbid in the modern sympathy with pain. One should sympathise with the colour, the beauty, the joy of life. The less said about life's sores the better.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Life Quotes

All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling.

All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling.

This suspense is terrible. I hope it will last.

This suspense is terrible. I hope it will last.

When liberty comes with hands dabbled in blood it is hard to shake hands with...

When liberty comes with hands dabbled in blood it is hard to shake hands with...

And now, I am dying beyond my means.

And now, I am dying beyond my means.

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...

Life is never fair, and perhaps it is a good thing for most of us...

Life is never fair, and perhaps it is a good thing for most of us...

All great ideas are dangerous.

All great ideas are dangerous.

It is better to be beautiful than to be good, but it is better to...

It is better to be beautiful than to be good, but it is better to...

The intellect is not a serious thing, and never has been. It is an instrument...

The intellect is not a serious thing, and never has been. It is an instrument...

America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.

America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.

Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.

Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.

From the point of view of literature Mr. Kipling is a genius who drops his...

From the point of view of literature Mr. Kipling is a genius who drops his...

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.

A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally.

A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally.

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;...

To get back to my youth I would do anything in the world, except take...

To get back to my youth I would do anything in the world, except take...

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...

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

There is no Heaven, there is no Hell; These are the dreams of baby minds;...

There is no Heaven, there is no Hell; These are the dreams of baby minds;...

Dreams are journeys that take one far from familiar shores, strengthening the heart, empowering the...

Dreams are journeys that take one far from familiar shores, strengthening the heart, empowering the...

I have no regrets. I wouldn't have lived my life the way I did if...

I have no regrets. I wouldn't have lived my life the way I did if...