A work of art is the unique result of a unique temperament.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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Those who are faithful know only the trivial side of love: it is the faithless...

Those who are faithful know only the trivial side of love: it is the faithless...

Death and vulgarity are the only two facts in the nineteenth century that one cannot...

Death and vulgarity are the only two facts in the nineteenth century that one cannot...

Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.

Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.

It is only an auctioneer who can equally and impartially admire all schools of art.

It is only an auctioneer who can equally and impartially admire all schools of art.

The critic has to educate the public; the artist has to educate the critic.

The critic has to educate the public; the artist has to educate the critic.

Questions are never indiscreet: answers sometimes are

Questions are never indiscreet: answers sometimes are

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

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

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

Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every...

Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every...

Yes, I am a thorough republican. No other form of government is so favorable to...

Yes, I am a thorough republican. No other form of government is so favorable to...

Who, being loved, is poor?

Who, being loved, is poor?

I don't at all like knowing what people say of me behind my back. It...

I don't at all like knowing what people say of me behind my back. It...

A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally.

A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally.

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...

Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow.

Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow.

Men always want to be a woman's first love - women like to be a...

Men always want to be a woman's first love - women like to be a...

A man can be happy with any woman, as long as he does not love...

A man can be happy with any woman, as long as he does not love...

Men become old, but they never become good

Men become old, but they never become good

Never does the human soul appear so strong as when it foregoes revenge and dares...

Never does the human soul appear so strong as when it foregoes revenge and dares...

If you haven't any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart...

If you haven't any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart...