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Oscar Wilde
Bad manners make...
Bad manners make a journalist.
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Self-denial is the...
Self-denial is the shining sore on the leprous body of Christianity.
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The aim of...
The aim of the liar is simply to charm, to delight, to give pleasure. He is the very basis of civilized...
Nothing is so...
Nothing is so dangerous as being too modern; one is apt to grow old fashioned quite...
Of course the...
Of course the music is a great difficulty. You see, if one plays good music, people don't listen, and if one plays bad...
Beauty is a...
Beauty is a form of genius -- is higher, indeed, than genius, as it needs no explanation. It is of the great facts in...
There is no...
There is no such thing as morality or immorality in thought. There is immoral emotion.
The first duty...
The first duty in life is to be as artificial as possible. What the second duty is no one has yet...
This morning I...
This morning I took out a comma and this afternoon I put it back in again.
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Only people who...
Only people who look dull ever get into the House of Commons, and only people who are dull ever succeed...
Flowers are as...
Flowers are as common in the country as people are in London.
Source: In
I do not...
I do not approve of anything that tampers with natural ignorance. Ignorance is like a delicate exotic fruit; touch it...
The secret of...
The secret of life is never to have an emotion that is unbecoming.
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I put all...
I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my works.
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Rich bachelors should...
Rich bachelors should be heavily taxed. It is not fair that some men should be happier than...
Good taste is...
Good taste is the excuse I have given for leading such a bad life.
Source: In
Cecil Graham: What...
Cecil Graham: What is a cynic?
Lord Darlington: A man who knows the price of everything and the value of...
The true perfection...
The true perfection of man lies not in what man has, but in what man is.
Source: In...
What between the...
What between the duties expected of one during one's lifetime, and the duties exacted from one after one's death, land...
The salesman knows...
The salesman knows nothing of what he is selling save that he is charging a great deal too much for...