A true friend stabs you in the front.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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Why was I born with such contemporaries?

Why was I born with such contemporaries?

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....

The soul is born old but grows young. That is the comedy of life. And...

The soul is born old but grows young. That is the comedy of life. And...

There are two ways of disliking poetry; one way is to dislike it, the other...

There are two ways of disliking poetry; one way is to dislike it, the other...

Biography lends to death a new terror.

Biography lends to death a new terror.

The difference between literature and journalism is that journalism is unreadable and literature is not...

The difference between literature and journalism is that journalism is unreadable and literature is not...

When a love comes to an end, weaklings cry, efficient ones instantly find another love,...

When a love comes to an end, weaklings cry, efficient ones instantly find another love,...

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...

The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it's dead for you.

The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it's dead for you.

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...

Popularity is the one insult I have never suffered.

Popularity is the one insult I have never suffered.

You are beautiful when you are happy.

You are beautiful when you are happy.

Yet each man kills the thing he loves from all let this be heard some...

Yet each man kills the thing he loves from all let this be heard some...

The world has grown suspicious of anything that looks like a happily married life.

The world has grown suspicious of anything that looks like a happily married life.

Religion is the fashionable substitute for belief

Religion is the fashionable substitute for belief

People sometimes inquire what form of government is most suitable for an artist to live...

People sometimes inquire what form of government is most suitable for an artist to live...

Ambition is the last refuge of failure.

Ambition is the last refuge of failure.

How strange a thing this is! The Priest telleth me that the Soul is worth...

How strange a thing this is! The Priest telleth me that the Soul is worth...

All Bibles are man-made

All Bibles are man-made

Religion's in the heart, not in the knees.

Religion's in the heart, not in the knees.