I am the only person in the world I should like to know thoroughly.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution

It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution

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...

I knew that I had come face to face with some one whose mere personality...

I knew that I had come face to face with some one whose mere personality...

They afterwards took me to a dancing saloon where I saw the only rational method...

They afterwards took me to a dancing saloon where I saw the only rational method...

In examinations, the foolish ask questions the wise cannot answer.

In examinations, the foolish ask questions the wise cannot answer.

His morality is all sympathy, just what morality should be

His morality is all sympathy, just what morality should be

Few parents nowadays pay any regard to what their children say to them. The old...

Few parents nowadays pay any regard to what their children say to them. The old...

It is only the modern that ever becomes old fashioned.

It is only the modern that ever becomes old fashioned.

To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like...

To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like...

It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or...

It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or...

Nothing spoils a romance so much as a sense of humor in the woman

Nothing spoils a romance so much as a sense of humor in the woman

Vulgarity is the conduct of other people, just as falsehoods are the truths of other...

Vulgarity is the conduct of other people, just as falsehoods are the truths of other...

The only difference between a caprice and a lifelong passion is that the caprice lasts...

The only difference between a caprice and a lifelong passion is that the caprice lasts...

I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it....

I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it....

Genius is born, not paid.

Genius is born, not paid.

I can sympathize with everything, except suffering.

I can sympathize with everything, except suffering.

The aim of love is to love: no more, and no less.

The aim of love is to love: no more, and no less.

Women have a wonderful instinct about things. They can discover everything except the obvious.

Women have a wonderful instinct about things. They can discover everything except the obvious.

It's better to have loved and lost than to do forty pounds of laundry a...

It's better to have loved and lost than to do forty pounds of laundry a...

I never said most of the things I said.

I never said most of the things I said.

Oh you have swag? I bet that looks great on a resume...

Oh you have swag? I bet that looks great on a resume...