Arguments are extremely vulgar, for everyone in good society holds exactly the same opinion.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one.

The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one.

How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on...

How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on...

One's real life is often the life that one does not lead.

One's real life is often the life that one does not lead.

There is always something ridiculous about the emotions of people whom one has ceased to...

There is always something ridiculous about the emotions of people whom one has ceased to...

His morality is all sympathy, just what morality should be

His morality is all sympathy, just what morality should be

What seems to us bitter trials are often blessings in disguise.

What seems to us bitter trials are often blessings in disguise.

The world was my oyster but I used the wrong fork - Oscar Wilde

The world was my oyster but I used the wrong fork - Oscar Wilde

The one person who has more illusions than the dreamer is the man of action

The one person who has more illusions than the dreamer is the man of action

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...

It often happens that the real tragedies of life occur in such an inartistic manner...

It often happens that the real tragedies of life occur in such an inartistic manner...

No man is rich enough to buy back his past.

No man is rich enough to buy back his past.

Most men and women are forced to perform parts for which they have no qualification.

Most men and women are forced to perform parts for which they have no qualification.

The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.

The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.

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...

The well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves.

The well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves.

Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses...

Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses...

In modern life nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude. It makes the...

In modern life nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude. It makes the...

Woman begins by resisting a man's advances and ends up blocking his retreat.

Woman begins by resisting a man's advances and ends up blocking his retreat.

All young women begin by believing they can change and reform the men they marry....

All young women begin by believing they can change and reform the men they marry....

A woman would run through fire and water for such a kind heart.

A woman would run through fire and water for such a kind heart.