To have become a deeper man is the privilege of those who have suffered. – Oscar Wilde
There is something terribly morbid in the modern sympathy with pain. One should sympathise with the colour, the beauty, the joy of life. The less said about lifes sores the better. – Oscar Wilde
Im sure I dont know half the people who come to my house. Indeed, from all I hear, I shouldnt like to. – Oscar Wilde
Anybody can be good in the country. There are no temptations there. – Oscar Wilde
The President has paid dear for his White House. It has commonly cost him all his peace, and the best of his manly attributes. To preserve for a short time so conspicuous an appearance before the world, he is content to eat dust before the real masters who stand erect behind the throne. – Ralph Waldo Emerson