A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.
Quote by Oscar Wilde
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A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.
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Oscar Wilde Quotes
- But what is the difference between literature and journalism. Journalism is unreadable and literature is not read. That is all.
- A man can be happy with any woman as long as he does not love her.
- A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.
- It is only about things that do not interest one that one can give really unbiased opinions, which is no doubt the reason why an unbiased opinion is always valueless.
- Yet each man kills the thing he loves, By each let this be heard, Some do it with a bitter look, Some with a flattering word, The koward does it with a kiss, The brave man with a sword
- Arguments are to be avoided they are always vulgar and often convincing.
- Perhaps, after all, America never has been discovered. I myself would say that it had merely been detected.
- All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling.
- Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast.
- Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live.
Best Quotes
- Freedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under God is acknowledged.
- We have all loved a guy we know has issues. Despite popular opinions, until we give it a final try, the relationship will always be in the 'what if' stage.
- I'm not a film buff. I don't watch a lot of movies.
- Our nation is too different, too diverse to say that what works in Massachusetts is somehow going to be grabbed by the federal government, usurping the power of states and imposing a one-size-fits-all plan on the nation. That will not work.
- I decided I ought to pick a project that would not be controversial, that would not really cost the government a lot of money.
- Success and the art of making music are two different things for me.
- It is not in the power of even the most crafty dissimulation to conceal love long, where it really is, nor to counterfeit it long where it is not.
- I mean, why am I considered an 'it girl?' Because I'm in a lot of movies right now or am on the covers of magazines? I just hope there is something solid behind that. Because here's the thing with 'it girl' status. It's great and amazing that anybody is saying that at all. But how long does that last?
- When I was at college, I worked in a department store called Brit Home Stores, which is a pretty lackluster department store, selling clothes for middle-aged women. My job was to walk the floor and find anything that was damaged, take it to the store room and log it.
- People who work sitting down get paid more than people who work standing up.