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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They afterwards took me to a dancing saloon where I saw the only rational method...

They afterwards took me to a dancing saloon where I saw the only rational method...

The security of Society lies in custom and unconscious instinct, and the basis of the...

The security of Society lies in custom and unconscious instinct, and the basis of the...

A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.

A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.

It is only the modern that ever becomes old fashioned.

It is only the modern that ever becomes old fashioned.

I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and...

I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and...

I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than...

I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than...

London is full of women who trust their husbands. One can always recognize them. They...

London is full of women who trust their husbands. One can always recognize them. They...

It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances

It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances

I think that God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability.

I think that God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability.

Authority is quite degrading

Authority is quite degrading

She is a peacock in everything but beauty

She is a peacock in everything but beauty

Women love us for our defects. If we have enough of them, they will forgive...

Women love us for our defects. If we have enough of them, they will forgive...

It is always a silly thing to give advice, but to give good advice is...

It is always a silly thing to give advice, but to give good advice is...

Now that the House of Commons is trying to become useful, it does a great...

Now that the House of Commons is trying to become useful, it does a great...

Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching.

Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching.

It is perfectly monstrous the way people go about nowadays saying things against one, behind...

It is perfectly monstrous the way people go about nowadays saying things against one, behind...

I knew that I had come face to face with some one whose mere personality...

I knew that I had come face to face with some one whose mere personality...

All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his.

All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his.

Trust no friend without faults, and love a woman, but no angel.

Trust no friend without faults, and love a woman, but no angel.

Women are considered deep - why? Because one can never discover any bottom to them....

Women are considered deep - why? Because one can never discover any bottom to them....