Oscar Wilde

What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise

To regret one’s own experiences is to arrest one’s own development. To deny one’s own experiences is to put a lie into the lips of one’s own life. It is no less than a denial of the soul.

With age comes wisdom, but sometimes age comes alone.

I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it. It is never of any use to oneself.

One should never trust a woman who tells one her real age. A woman who would tell one that would tell one anything.

The truth is rarely pure and never simple.

I have nothing to declare except my genius.

When I like people immensely I never tell their names to anyone. It is like surrendering a part of them. I have grown to love secrecy.

I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train.

Deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.

A man who does not think for himself does not think at all.