Everything is dangerous, my dear fellow. If it wasn't so, life wouldn't be worth living.
Oscar WildeRead
A passion for pleasure is the secret of remaining young.
Interpretation
Pursuing what brings joy keeps one feeling youthful.
Oscar Wilde suggests that maintaining a strong affinity for joy and enjoyment in life is crucial for retaining a youthful spirit and outlook. This passion for pleasure not only enriches our experiences but also fosters a sense of vitality and energy that is often associated with youthfulness.
In practice
In a motivational speech about personal growth and joy.
Everything is dangerous, my dear fellow. If it wasn't so, life wouldn't be worth living.
London is too full of fogs and serious people. Whether the fogs produce the serious people, or whether the serious people produce the fogs, I don't know.
When one has never heard a man's name in the course of one's life, it speaks volumes for him; he must be quite respectable.
Men always want to be a woman's first love - women like to be a man's last romance.
A truth ceases to be true when more than one person believes in it.
His morality is all sympathy, just what morality should be
Happiness lies in the consciousness we have of it.
Beauty comes in many forms-and there is no form more beautiful than you. Just exactly as you are, this minute, right now, without changing a thing...you are beautiful. Beautiful enough to take God's breath away. You do believe this, don't you? Oh, you must. You must. How can I believe in my beauty if you don't believe in yours?
If happiness is activity in accordance with excellence, it is reasonable that it should be in accordance with the highest excellence.
I don't look my best when I wake up! But I do feel beautiful when I'm tired and happy and I've had a good laugh and a glass of champagne.
If happy little bluebirds fly beyond the rainbow, why oh why can't I?
I used to believe that if I could do certain things - write a book or be a successful musician - that I'd be transformed into a happy person, but it doesn't work that way.
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