When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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An ordinary man away from home giving advice.

An ordinary man away from home giving advice.

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.

It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or...

It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or...

The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.

The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.

These days man knows the price of everything, but the value of nothing.

These days man knows the price of everything, but the value of nothing.

All that I desire to point out is the general principle that life imitates art...

All that I desire to point out is the general principle that life imitates art...

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

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

So never lose an opportunity of urging a practical beginning, however small, for it is...

So never lose an opportunity of urging a practical beginning, however small, for it is...

Men always want to be a woman's first love. Women have a more subtle instinct:...

Men always want to be a woman's first love. Women have a more subtle instinct:...

The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own...

The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own...

The world is divided into two classes, those who believe the incredible, and those who...

The world is divided into two classes, those who believe the incredible, and those who...

One can survive everything nowadays, except death, and live down anything, except a good reputation.

One can survive everything nowadays, except death, and live down anything, except a good reputation.

Ambition is the last refuge of failure.

Ambition is the last refuge of failure.

The only real people are the people who never existed

The only real people are the people who never existed

The difference between literature and journalism is that journalism is unreadable and literature is not...

The difference between literature and journalism is that journalism is unreadable and literature is not...

It is a curious fact that people are never so trivial as when they take...

It is a curious fact that people are never so trivial as when they take...

I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I...

I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I...

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...

No man is rich enough to buy back his past.

No man is rich enough to buy back his past.

What we have to do, what at any rate it is our duty to do,...

What we have to do, what at any rate it is our duty to do,...