Oscar Wilde: What a pity that in life we only get our lessons when they are of no use to us.

What a pity that in life we only get our lessons when they are of no use to us. — Oscar Wilde

What a pity that in life we only get our lessons when they are of no use to us.

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I love talking about nothing, father. It is the only thing I know anything about — Oscar Wilde
A man who does not think for himself does not think at all. — Oscar Wilde
Science can never grapple with the irrational. That is why it has no future befo — Oscar Wilde
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Experience is a useful gift that serves no purpose. — Jules Renard
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Our sages have taught us to learn one thing; `As in the Self, so in the Universe — Mahatma Gandhi
There is no worse sickness for the soul, O you who are proud, than this pretense — Rumi
Should auld acquaintance be forgot, And never brought to mind? Should auld acqua — Robert Burns