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Oscar Wilde Quotes

We can have in life but one great experience at best, and the secret of life is to reproduce that experience as often as possible.'

'Even when one has been wounded by it, Harry?' asked the duchess after a pause.

'Especially when one has been wounded by it,' answered Lord Henry.

Oscar Wilde

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