I do not approve of anything which tampers with natural ignorance

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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

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

Those whom the gods love grow young.

Those whom the gods love grow young.

Why was I born with such contemporaries?

Why was I born with such contemporaries?

If one plays good music, people don't listen and if one plays bad music people...

If one plays good music, people don't listen and if one plays bad music people...

I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I...

I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I...

I can stand brute force, but brute reason is quite unbearable. There is something unfair...

I can stand brute force, but brute reason is quite unbearable. There is something unfair...

All trials are trials for one's life, just as all sentences are sentences of death.

All trials are trials for one's life, just as all sentences are sentences of death.

It is always the unreadable that occurs.

It is always the unreadable that occurs.

The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

35 is a very attractive age. London society is full of women of the very...

35 is a very attractive age. London society is full of women of the very...

If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend...

If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend...

The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple.

The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple.

America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.

America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.

Everything popular is wrong.

Everything popular is wrong.

Good resolutions are simply checks that men draw on a bank where they have no...

Good resolutions are simply checks that men draw on a bank where they have no...

When I was young, I thought that money was the most important thing in life;...

When I was young, I thought that money was the most important thing in life;...

The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is...

The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is...

She...can talk brillantly upon any subject provided she knows nothing about it.

She...can talk brillantly upon any subject provided she knows nothing about it.

You speak an infinite deal of nothing.

You speak an infinite deal of nothing.

Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast.

Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast.