Quote #126
Even the disciple has his uses. He stands behind one's throne, and at the moment of one's triumph whispers in one's ear that, after all, one is immortal.
More from Oscar Wilde
- Art is the only serious thing in the world. And the artist is the only person who is never serious.
- Those whom the gods love grow young.
- Friendship is far more tragic than love. It lasts longer.
- Ambition is the last refuge of the failure.
- In old days books were written by men of letters and read by the public. Nowadays books are written by the public and read by nobody.
- Religions die when they are proved to be true. Science is the record of dead religions.
- It is a very sad thing that nowadays there is so little useless information.
- If one tells the truth, one is sure, sooner or later, to be found out.