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Oscar Wilde
If one hears...
If one hears bad music, it is one's duty to drown it by one's conversation.
Source:...
There is nothing...
There is nothing in the whole world so unbecoming to a woman as a Nonconformist...
When people talk...
When people talk to me about the weather, I always feel they mean something else.
After a good...
After a good dinner one can forgive anybody, even one's own relations.
Source: Lady...
When I was...
When I was young I used to think that money was the most important thing in life; now that I am old, I know it...
Lots of people...
Lots of people act well, but few people talk well. This shows that talking is the more difficult of the...
I can resist...
I can resist everything except temptation.
Source: Lord Darlington, in Lady...
Work is the...
Work is the refuge of people who have nothing better to do.
Source: In Webster's...
Don't tell me...
Don't tell me that you have exhausted Life. When a man says that, one knows that life has exhausted...
With an evening...
With an evening coat and a white tie, anybody, even a stock broker, can gain a reputation for being...
My great mistake,...
My great mistake, the fault for which I can't forgive myself, is that one day I ceased my obstinate pursuit of my own...
If you pretend...
If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend to be bad, it doesn't. Such is the...
Action is the...
Action is the last resource of those who know not how to dream.
Source: In
Experience is the...
Experience is the name we give to our mistakes.
Source: Lady Windermere's Fan
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Vulgarity is the...
Vulgarity is the conduct of other people, just as falsehoods are the truths of other...
Dear Frank, we...
Dear Frank, we believe you; you have dined in every house in London - once.
Source:...
To love oneself...
To love oneself is the beginning of a life-long romance.
Source: Lord Goring, in An...
An acquaintance that...
An acquaintance that begins with a compliment is sure to develop into a real friendship.
It is he...
It is he who has broken the bond of marriage -- not I. I only break its bondage.
When liberty comes...
When liberty comes with hands dabbled in blood it is hard to shake hands with her.