Oscar Wilde on age
“We live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities.”
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Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.
Oscar WildeOscar Wilde Every woman is a rebel.
Oscar WildeOscar Wilde Who, being loved, is poor?
Oscar WildeOscar Wilde Men always want to be a woman’s first love – women like to be a man’s last romance.
Oscar WildeOscar Wilde Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.
Oscar WildeOscar Wilde The world is a stage and the play is badly cast.
Oscar WildeOscar Wilde Live! Live the wonderful life that is in you! Let nothing be lost upon you. Be always searching for new sensations. Be afraid of nothing.
Oscar WildeOscar Wilde Experience is merely the name men gave to their mistakes.
Oscar WildeOscar Wilde After a good dinner one can forgive anybody, even one’s own relations.
Oscar WildeOscar Wilde Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.
Oscar WildeOscar Wilde One should never trust a woman who tells one her real age. A woman who would tell one that would tell one anything.
Oscar WildeOscar Wilde I am not young enough to know everything.
Oscar WildeOscar Wilde Hear no evil, speak no evil, and you won’t be invited to cocktail parties.
Oscar WildeOscar Wilde Anybody can sympathise with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathise with a friend’s success.
Oscar WildeOscar Wilde To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.
Oscar WildeOscar Wilde Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.
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Do not measure yourself by success, failure, or a degree. Measure your life by the dreams you have.
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Sayed AbbasSayed Abbas To attain success everyone speaks about consistency, don’t give up & patience but no one talk about the start.
Rohit DeoraRohit Deora Take a moment to look back. Change the process slightly from your discovery. Start again.
Hei-Ran ParkHei-Ran Park The silence was broken with the music of your pain, but with every note i could see a part of you healing.
Sophie AliaSophie Alia It has been the craziest year filled with so many adventures, amazing friends, accomplishments & memories.
Little PaulsonLittle Paulson They say what is lost can always be found in the last place you look but I wouldn’t be so sure that you’ll ever see this version of me again.
Aimee C. HoveyAimee C. Hovey I want to see our demons complement each other for the rest of our lives.
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The BJP has decided that politics is for values and ideals, and for this, an age limit has been decided. I think that for democracy and for political parties, this is a good indicator. It will be good if all the political parties adhere to this, thereby strengthening India’s democracy.
Yogi AdityanathYogi Adityanath I’ve been very competitive by nature from a young age, whether it was eating a bowl of pasta faster than somebody else, or always wanting to be the first one in line.
Maria SharapovaMaria Sharapova Now at 47, 48 I am expected to do ten times better work that I did when I was 24.
Salman KhanSalman Khan I’ve seen maturity evolve more through experience than age.
Sonya TeclaiSonya Teclai Basically I am just another actor who loves his work and this thing about age only exists in the media.
Amitabh BachchanAmitabh Bachchan It appears, accordingly, from the experience of all ages and nations, I believe, that the work done by freemen comes cheaper in the end than that performed by slaves.
Adam SmithAdam Smith I can still love my heroine like i did when i was 26. I can still do the same action scenes.
Shahrukh KhanShahrukh Khan I was at the Gopichand Academy since I was 10.
PV SindhuPV Sindhu
