I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my works.
Quotations
Oscar Wilde
One is absolutely sickened, not by the crimes that the wicked have committed, but by the punishments that the good have inflicted; and a community is infinitely more brutalised by the habitual employment of punishment than it is by the occasional occurrence of crime.
Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
One is absolutely sickened, not by crimes that the wicked have committed, but by the punishments that the good have inflicted; and a community is infinitely more brutalised by the habitual employment of punishment than it is by the occasional occurrence of crime.
As long as a woman can look ten years younger than her own daughter, she is perfectly satisfied.
There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.
Imagination is a quality given to a man to compensate him for what he is not, and a sense of humour is provided to console him for what he is.
