We degenerate into hideous puppets, haunted by the memory of the passions of which we were much afraid, and the exquisite temptations that we had not the courage to yield to.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Doubt Quotes

Looking good and dressing well is a necessity. Having a purpose in life is not.

Looking good and dressing well is a necessity. Having a purpose in life is not.

To love one's self is the beginning of a life-long romance

To love one's self is the beginning of a life-long romance

There is something terribly morbid in the modern sympathy with pain. One should sympathise with...

There is something terribly morbid in the modern sympathy with pain. One should sympathise with...

Young people, nowadays, imagine that money is everything, and when they grow older, they know...

Young people, nowadays, imagine that money is everything, and when they grow older, they know...

I adore political parties. They are the only place left to us where people don't...

I adore political parties. They are the only place left to us where people don't...

Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow.

Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow.

Only the shallow know themselves.

Only the shallow know themselves.

There is only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is...

There is only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is...

Nowadays most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it...

Nowadays most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it...

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.

Religion is the fashionable substitute for belief

Religion is the fashionable substitute for belief

The final mystery is oneself.

The final mystery is oneself.

A man can be happy with any woman as long as he does not love...

A man can be happy with any woman as long as he does not love...

The world has grown suspicious of anything that looks like a happily married life.

The world has grown suspicious of anything that looks like a happily married life.

Nothing is so aggravating than calmness.

Nothing is so aggravating than calmness.

Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.

Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.

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...

The advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray.

The advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray.

Ah, well, then I suppose I shall have to die beyond my means.

Ah, well, then I suppose I shall have to die beyond my means.

In America the President reigns for four years, and Journalism governs forever and ever.

In America the President reigns for four years, and Journalism governs forever and ever.