To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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Plain women are always jealous of their husbands. Beautiful women never are. They are always...

Plain women are always jealous of their husbands. Beautiful women never are. They are always...

The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own...

The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own...

It is only by not paying one's bills that one can hope to live in...

It is only by not paying one's bills that one can hope to live in...

I am the only person in the world I should like to know thoroughly.

I am the only person in the world I should like to know thoroughly.

Questions are never indiscreet: answers sometimes are

Questions are never indiscreet: answers sometimes are

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,...

Religion is the fashionable substitute for belief

Religion is the fashionable substitute for belief

How marriage ruins a man! It is as demoralizing as cigarettes, and far more expensive.

How marriage ruins a man! It is as demoralizing as cigarettes, and far more expensive.

In America, the young are always ready to give to those older than themselves the...

In America, the young are always ready to give to those older than themselves the...

When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one's self, and one always...

When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one's self, and one always...

The critic has to educate the public; the artist has to educate the critic.

The critic has to educate the public; the artist has to educate the critic.

In the world there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants,...

In the world there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants,...

How strange a thing this is! The Priest telleth me that the Soul is worth...

How strange a thing this is! The Priest telleth me that the Soul is worth...

If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend...

If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend...

In America the young are always ready to give to those who are older than...

In America the young are always ready to give to those who are older than...

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.

Arguments are to be avoided; they are always vulgar and often convincing

Arguments are to be avoided; they are always vulgar and often convincing

Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation

Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation

Restlessness is discontent and discontent is the first necessity of progress. Show me a thoroughly...

Restlessness is discontent and discontent is the first necessity of progress. Show me a thoroughly...

In the bottle discontent seeks for comfort, cowardice for courage, and bashfulness for confidence.

In the bottle discontent seeks for comfort, cowardice for courage, and bashfulness for confidence.

There is no progress whatever. Everything is just the same as it was thousands, and...

There is no progress whatever. Everything is just the same as it was thousands, and...