Quote #128
Ambition is the last refuge of the failure.
More from Oscar Wilde
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- Religions die when they are proved to be true. Science is the record of dead religions.
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- If one tells the truth, one is sure, sooner or later, to be found out.
- Art is the only serious thing in the world. And the artist is the only person who is never serious.
- Only the shallow know themselves.
- Friendship is far more tragic than love. It lasts longer.
- In examinations the foolish ask questions that the wise cannot answer.