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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Young men want to be faithful, and are not; old men want to be faithless,...

Young men want to be faithful, and are not; old men want to be faithless,...

I hope you have not been leading a double life, pretending to be wicked and...

I hope you have not been leading a double life, pretending to be wicked and...

Deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.

Deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.

I dislike arguments of any kind. They are always vulgar, and often convincing.

I dislike arguments of any kind. They are always vulgar, and often convincing.

There is no such thing as a good influence. Because to influence a person is...

There is no such thing as a good influence. Because to influence a person is...

All charming people, I fancy, are spoiled. It is the secret of their attraction.

All charming people, I fancy, are spoiled. It is the secret of their attraction.

Death and vulgarity are the only two facts in the nineteenth century that one cannot...

Death and vulgarity are the only two facts in the nineteenth century that one cannot...

The salesman knows nothing of what he is selling save that he is charging a...

The salesman knows nothing of what he is selling save that he is charging a...

While we look to the dramatist to give romance to realism, we ask of the...

While we look to the dramatist to give romance to realism, we ask of the...

Anybody can be good in the country. There are no temptations there.

Anybody can be good in the country. There are no temptations there.

The typewriting machine, when played with expression, is no more annoying than the piano when...

The typewriting machine, when played with expression, is no more annoying than the piano when...

My great mistake, the fault for which I can't forgive myself, is that one day...

My great mistake, the fault for which I can't forgive myself, is that one day...

Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.

Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.

Simple pleasures are always the last refuge of the complex

Simple pleasures are always the last refuge of the complex

Between men and women there is no friendship possible. There is passion, enmity, worship, love,...

Between men and women there is no friendship possible. There is passion, enmity, worship, love,...

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...

Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic.

Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic.

The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one.

The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one.

When one's expectations are reduced to zero, one really appreciates everything one does have

When one's expectations are reduced to zero, one really appreciates everything one does have

Sometimes it takes being away from someone for a while to realize how much you...

Sometimes it takes being away from someone for a while to realize how much you...

Give a woman a job and she grows balls.

Give a woman a job and she grows balls.

They always tell me no one is working as hard as you...and even though I...

They always tell me no one is working as hard as you...and even though I...