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

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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

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

Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every...

Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every...

How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on...

How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on...

Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses...

Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses...

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...

The secret of life is to appreciate the pleasure of being terribly deceived

The secret of life is to appreciate the pleasure of being terribly deceived

Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing.

Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing.

The way of paradoxes is the way of truth.

The way of paradoxes is the way of truth.

Nature is always behind the age

Nature is always behind the age

As long as war is regarded as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When...

As long as war is regarded as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When...

I suppose society is wonderfully delightful. To be in it is merely a bore. But...

I suppose society is wonderfully delightful. To be in it is merely a bore. But...

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...

Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses...

Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses...

Ordinary riches can be stolen, real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things...

Ordinary riches can be stolen, real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things...

Men always want to be a womans first love. Women have a more subtle instinct:...

Men always want to be a womans first love. Women have a more subtle instinct:...

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.

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:...

Women are meant to be loved, not to be understood.

Women are meant to be loved, not to be understood.

Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.

Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.

Your life changes the moment you make a new, congruent, and committed decision.

Your life changes the moment you make a new, congruent, and committed decision.

Yet each man kills the thing he loves from all let this be heard some...

Yet each man kills the thing he loves from all let this be heard some...

The way to fight a woman is with your hat - grab it and run

The way to fight a woman is with your hat - grab it and run

So you're the little woman who wrote the book that made this great war.

So you're the little woman who wrote the book that made this great war.