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

The aim of life is self-development. To realize one's nature perfectly - that is what...

The aim of life is self-development. To realize one's nature perfectly - that is what...

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

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

True friends stab you in the front.

True friends stab you in the front.

Experience is the name we give to our past mistakes

Experience is the name we give to our past mistakes

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...

Work is the curse of the drinking classes.

Work is the curse of the drinking classes.

Murder is always a mistake - one should never do anything one cannot talk about...

Murder is always a mistake - one should never do anything one cannot talk about...

Everything will change. The only question is growing up or decaying.

Everything will change. The only question is growing up or decaying.

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...

A poet can survive everything but a misprint.

A poet can survive everything but a misprint.

Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.

Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.

Musical people always want one to be perfectly dumb at the very moment when one...

Musical people always want one to be perfectly dumb at the very moment when one...

The tragedy of old age is not that one is old, but that one is...

The tragedy of old age is not that one is old, but that one is...

Questions are never indiscreet, answers sometimes are.

Questions are never indiscreet, answers sometimes are.

Women have a wonderful instinct about things. They can discover everything except the obvious.

Women have a wonderful instinct about things. They can discover everything except the obvious.

Nothing is so aggravating than calmness.

Nothing is so aggravating than calmness.

Those whom the gods love grow young.

Those whom the gods love grow young.

The secret of life is in art.

The secret of life is in art.

Isn't it the moment of most profound doubt that gives birth to new certainties? Perhaps...

Isn't it the moment of most profound doubt that gives birth to new certainties? Perhaps...

There is no certainty; there is only adventure.

There is no certainty; there is only adventure.