To regret one's own experiences is to arrest one's own development. To deny one's own experiences is to put a lie into the lips of one's life. It is no less than a denial of the soul.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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In examinations, the foolish ask questions the wise cannot answer.

In examinations, the foolish ask questions the wise cannot answer.

Anybody can write a three-volume novel. It merely requires a complete ignorance of both life...

Anybody can write a three-volume novel. It merely requires a complete ignorance of both life...

There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and...

There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and...

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.

An excellent man; he has no enemies; and none of his friends like him.

An excellent man; he has no enemies; and none of his friends like him.

I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in...

I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in...

I have nothing to declare except my genius.

I have nothing to declare except my genius.

One can give a really unbiased opinion only about things that do not interest one

One can give a really unbiased opinion only about things that do not interest one

A man who does not think for himself does not think at all.

A man who does not think for himself does not think at all.

A poet can survive everything but a misprint.

A poet can survive everything but a misprint.

Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every...

Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every...

Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.

Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.

If there was less sympathy in the world, there would be less trouble in the...

If there was less sympathy in the world, there would be less trouble in the...

Popularity is the one insult I have never suffered.

Popularity is the one insult I have never suffered.

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.

You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you...

You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you...

No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would...

No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would...

Hear no evil, speak no evil - and you'll never be invited to a party

Hear no evil, speak no evil - and you'll never be invited to a party

They that know no evil will suspect none.

They that know no evil will suspect none.

They will wait, well disposed, for others to remedy evil, that they may no longer...

They will wait, well disposed, for others to remedy evil, that they may no longer...