There is no necessity to separate the monarch from the mob; all authority is equally bad.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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I like men who have a future and women who have a past

I like men who have a future and women who have a past

Any preoccupation with ideas of what is right or wrong in conduct shows an arrested...

Any preoccupation with ideas of what is right or wrong in conduct shows an arrested...

We live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities.

We live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities.

It was only a sunny smile and little it cost in the giving but like...

It was only a sunny smile and little it cost in the giving but like...

An ordinary man away from home giving advice.

An ordinary man away from home giving advice.

When a woman marries again it is because she detested her first husband. When a...

When a woman marries again it is because she detested her first husband. When a...

Men always want to be a woman's first love - women like to be a...

Men always want to be a woman's first love - women like to be a...

Men marry because they are tired; women, because they are curious; both are disappointed.

Men marry because they are tired; women, because they are curious; both are disappointed.

If you are not too long, I will wait here for you all my life.

If you are not too long, I will wait here for you all my life.

It takes a thoroughly good woman to do a thoroughly stupid thing

It takes a thoroughly good woman to do a thoroughly stupid thing

I love talking about nothing. It is the only thing I know anything about.

I love talking about nothing. It is the only thing I know anything about.

Comfort is the only thing our civilization can give us.

Comfort is the only thing our civilization can give us.

All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his.

All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his.

Life has been your art. You have set yourself to music. Your days are your...

Life has been your art. You have set yourself to music. Your days are your...

It is because Humanity has never known where it was going that it has been...

It is because Humanity has never known where it was going that it has been...

I see when men love women. They give them but a little of their lives....

I see when men love women. They give them but a little of their lives....

I adore political parties. They are the only place left to us where people don't...

I adore political parties. They are the only place left to us where people don't...

His morality is all sympathy, just what morality should be

His morality is all sympathy, just what morality should be

The true artist doesn't substitute immorality for morality. On the contrary, he always substitutes a...

The true artist doesn't substitute immorality for morality. On the contrary, he always substitutes a...

All sects differ, because they come from men; morality is everywhere the same, because it...

All sects differ, because they come from men; morality is everywhere the same, because it...

As long as you keep a person down, some part of you has to be...

As long as you keep a person down, some part of you has to be...