Oscar Wilde's Quote - There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one

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There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one

There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it. – Oscar Wilde

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Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future. – Oscar Wilde

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The world has grown suspicious of anything that looks like a happily married life. – Oscar Wilde

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When good Americans die they go to Paris. – Oscar Wilde

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Life is truly known only to those who suffer, lose, endure adversity and stumble from defeat to defeat. – Anais Nin

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A bachelors life is a fine breakfast, a flat lunch, and a miserable dinner. – Francis Bacon

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Nature and human life are as various as our several constitutions. Who shall say what prospect life offers to another? – Henry David Thoreau

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Out of a hundred years a few minutes were made that stayed with me, not a hundred years. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin

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