I think this one of my favourite quotations.
It is well known, but if by chance you don’t know it, or where it comes from, it is by Oscar Wilde. It comes from Act One his 1892 play Lady Windermere’s Fan, and is spoken by the character Lord Darlington.
“I can resist everything except temptation.”
So true.
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Quotation by Oscar Wilde
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Art by William Oxer
You should never make the mistake of comparing the inside of one’s own life with the outside of someone else’s
Quote from Julian Barnes
Art by Anne Magill
W B Yeats – Quotation (paraphrased)
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In life, as in art, the beautiful moves in curves
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
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‘The art of seduction is knowing what she really wants and slowly giving it to her in a way that takes her breath away’
Romantic Dominant
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‘Missing someone isn’t about how long it has been since you’ve seen them or the amount of time since you’ve talked. It’s about that very moment when you’re doing something and wishing they were right there with you’
(Unknown)
“You have now reached infatuation’s final destination—the complete and merciless
devaluation of self.”Elizabeth Gilbert – ‘Eat, Pray, Love
I am at this point, but this is not me.
This is not who I am
I am better than this.The sea will free me
