From the point of view of literature Mr. Kipling is a genius who drops his aspirates. From the point of view of life, he is a reporter who knows vulgarity better than any one has ever known it.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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Women represent the triumph of matter over mind, just as men represent the triumph of...

Women represent the triumph of matter over mind, just as men represent the triumph of...

The husbands of very beautiful women belong to the criminal classes.

The husbands of very beautiful women belong to the criminal classes.

His morality is all sympathy, just what morality should be

His morality is all sympathy, just what morality should be

It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors.

It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors.

People who love only once in their lives are. . . shallow people. What they...

People who love only once in their lives are. . . shallow people. What they...

If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use...

If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use...

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go

Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals.

Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals.

One of the many lessons that one learns in prison is, that things are what...

One of the many lessons that one learns in prison is, that things are what...

Biography lends to death a new terror.

Biography lends to death a new terror.

Art is the most intense mode of invidualism that the world has known.

Art is the most intense mode of invidualism that the world has known.

History is merely gossip

History is merely gossip

Anybody can write a three-volume novel. It merely requires a complete ignorance of both life...

Anybody can write a three-volume novel. It merely requires a complete ignorance of both life...

I want the dead lovers of the world to hear our laughter and grow sad....

I want the dead lovers of the world to hear our laughter and grow sad....

Until this moment, I never understood how hard it was to lose something you never...

Until this moment, I never understood how hard it was to lose something you never...

There is no sin except stupidity.

There is no sin except stupidity.

Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.

Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.

It was the passions about whose origin we deceived ourselves that tyrannized most strongly over...

It was the passions about whose origin we deceived ourselves that tyrannized most strongly over...

In music the passions enjoy themselves

In music the passions enjoy themselves

Our passions are the winds that propel our vessel. Our reason is the pilot that...

Our passions are the winds that propel our vessel. Our reason is the pilot that...