Where there is sorrow, there is holy ground

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Saints Quotes, Sorrow Quotes

The way of paradoxes is the way of truth.

The way of paradoxes is the way of truth.

It is better to be beautiful than to be good. But... it is better to...

It is better to be beautiful than to be good. But... it is better to...

Music is the art which is most nigh to tears and memory.

Music is the art which is most nigh to tears and memory.

A man can't be too careful in the choice of his enemies.

A man can't be too careful in the choice of his enemies.

Religion is the fashionable substitute for belief

Religion is the fashionable substitute for belief

Anybody can make history; only a great man can write it

Anybody can make history; only a great man can write it

Musical people always want one to be perfectly dumb at the very moment when one...

Musical people always want one to be perfectly dumb at the very moment when one...

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

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...

One should never trust a woman who tells her real age. If she tells that,...

One should never trust a woman who tells her real age. If she tells that,...

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

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

There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that...

There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that...

The aim of love is to love: no more, and no less.

The aim of love is to love: no more, and no less.

Those whom the gods love grow young.

Those whom the gods love grow young.

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...

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.

Talk to every woman as if you loved her, and to every man as if...

Talk to every woman as if you loved her, and to every man as if...

To become a spectator of one's own life is to escape the suffering of life.

To become a spectator of one's own life is to escape the suffering of life.

We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they...

We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they...

Life is pretty simple: You do some stuff. Most fails. Some works. You do more...

Life is pretty simple: You do some stuff. Most fails. Some works. You do more...