A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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God's eternal laws are kind-and break the heart of stone.

God's eternal laws are kind-and break the heart of stone.

Biography lends to death a new terror.

Biography lends to death a new terror.

There is only one real tragedy in a woman's life. The fact that her past...

There is only one real tragedy in a woman's life. The fact that her past...

We degenerate into hideous puppets, haunted by the memory of the passions of which we...

We degenerate into hideous puppets, haunted by the memory of the passions of which we...

Wickedness is a myth invented by good people to account for the curious attractiveness of...

Wickedness is a myth invented by good people to account for the curious attractiveness of...

Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when...

Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when...

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,...

It is always the unreadable that occurs.

It is always the unreadable that occurs.

I have nothing to declare but my genius.

I have nothing to declare but my genius.

No man is rich enough to buy back his past.

No man is rich enough to buy back his past.

In the world there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants,...

In the world there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants,...

A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.

A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.

Everything popular is wrong.

Everything popular is wrong.

Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses...

Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses...

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

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

To get back to my youth I would do anything in the world, except take...

To get back to my youth I would do anything in the world, except take...

In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane.

In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane.

Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.

Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.

There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating - people who know...

There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating - people who know...

A poet can survive everything but a misprint.

A poet can survive everything but a misprint.