To get back to my youth I would do anything in the world, except take exercise, get up early, or be respectable

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Youth Quotes

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go.

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go.

A man's face is his autobiography. A woman's face is her work of fiction.

A man's face is his autobiography. A woman's face is her work of fiction.

The only real people are the people who never existed

The only real people are the people who never existed

Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.

Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.

Ordinary riches can be stolen, real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things...

Ordinary riches can be stolen, real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things...

It is exactly because a man cannot do a thing that he is a proper...

It is exactly because a man cannot do a thing that he is a proper...

If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use...

If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use...

He to whom the present is the only thing that is present, knows nothing of...

He to whom the present is the only thing that is present, knows nothing of...

It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution

It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution

Men always want to be a woman's first love. Women have a more subtle instinct:...

Men always want to be a woman's first love. Women have a more subtle instinct:...

Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of...

Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of...

It is through art, and through art only, that we can realise our perfection.

It is through art, and through art only, that we can realise our perfection.

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.

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...

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

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

There is no necessity to separate the monarch from the mob; all authority is equally...

There is no necessity to separate the monarch from the mob; all authority is equally...

Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that...

Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that...

Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses...

Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses...

All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling.

All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling.

These days man knows the price of everything, but the value of nothing.

These days man knows the price of everything, but the value of nothing.