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

Until this moment, I never understood how hard it was to lose something you never...

Until this moment, I never understood how hard it was to lose something you never...

If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use...

If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use...

The well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves.

The well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves.

Questions are never indiscreet: answers sometimes are

Questions are never indiscreet: answers sometimes are

I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.

I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.

There is no necessity to separate the monarch from the mob; all authority is equally...

There is no necessity to separate the monarch from the mob; all authority is equally...

It is through art, and through art only, that we can realise our perfection.

It is through art, and through art only, that we can realise our perfection.

A man cannot reason with the woman he loves: he cares about her too much.

A man cannot reason with the woman he loves: he cares about her too much.

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...

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,...

When a woman marries again it is because she detested her first husband. When a...

When a woman marries again it is because she detested her first husband. When a...

Men marry because they are tired, women because they are curious; both are disappointed.

Men marry because they are tired, women because they are curious; both are disappointed.

He to whom the present is the only thing that is present, knows nothing of...

He to whom the present is the only thing that is present, knows nothing of...

Seriousness is the last refuge of the shallow.

Seriousness is the last refuge of the shallow.

The imagination imitates. It is the critical spirit that creates.

The imagination imitates. It is the critical spirit that creates.

Any preoccupation with ideas of what is right or wrong in conduct shows an arrested...

Any preoccupation with ideas of what is right or wrong in conduct shows an arrested...

I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my...

I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my...

Men always want to be a woman's first love - women like to be a...

Men always want to be a woman's first love - women like to be a...

Love doesn't grow on trees like apples in Eden - it's something you have to...

Love doesn't grow on trees like apples in Eden - it's something you have to...

True love makes the thought of death frequent, easy, without terrors; it merely becomes the...

True love makes the thought of death frequent, easy, without terrors; it merely becomes the...