When good Americans die they go to Paris.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live...

Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live...

Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry,...

Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry,...

You know what a woman's curiosity is

You know what a woman's curiosity is

All charming people, I fancy, are spoiled. It is the secret of their attraction.

All charming people, I fancy, are spoiled. It is the secret of their attraction.

There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and...

There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and...

A kiss may ruin a human life.

A kiss may ruin a human life.

The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own...

The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own...

Young people, nowadays, imagine that money is everything, and when they grow older, they know...

Young people, nowadays, imagine that money is everything, and when they grow older, they know...

Why was I born with such contemporaries?

Why was I born with such contemporaries?

The salesman knows nothing of what he is selling save that he is charging a...

The salesman knows nothing of what he is selling save that he is charging a...

I think that God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability.

I think that God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability.

A man who moralizes is usually a hypocrite, and a woman who moralizes is invariably...

A man who moralizes is usually a hypocrite, and a woman who moralizes is invariably...

Murder is always a mistake - one should never do anything one cannot talk about...

Murder is always a mistake - one should never do anything one cannot talk about...

Conversation about the weather is the last refuge of the unimaginative.

Conversation about the weather is the last refuge of the unimaginative.

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.

Children have a natural antipathy to books - handicraft should be the basis of education....

Children have a natural antipathy to books - handicraft should be the basis of education....

All art is quite useless.

All art is quite useless.

You know what a woman's curiosity is.

You know what a woman's curiosity is.

To men, women are just city buses. There's another one every five minutes.

To men, women are just city buses. There's another one every five minutes.

Once man demanded virtue in woman; now all he expects is that she be discreet.

Once man demanded virtue in woman; now all he expects is that she be discreet.