All art is quite useless.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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It is a very sad thing that nowadays there is so little useless information.

It is a very sad thing that nowadays there is so little useless information.

Men of thoughts should have nothing to do with action

Men of thoughts should have nothing to do with action

How marriage ruins a man! It is as demoralizing as cigarettes, and far more expensive.

How marriage ruins a man! It is as demoralizing as cigarettes, and far more expensive.

Success is a science; if you have the conditions, you get the result.

Success is a science; if you have the conditions, you get the result.

Any preoccupation with ideas of what is right or wrong in conduct shows an arrested...

Any preoccupation with ideas of what is right or wrong in conduct shows an arrested...

When good Americans die they go to Paris.

When good Americans die they go to Paris.

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...

Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals.

Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals.

Experience is the name we give to our past mistakes

Experience is the name we give to our past mistakes

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

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

Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.

Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.

Friendship is far more tragic than love, it lasts longer.

Friendship is far more tragic than love, it lasts longer.

Questions are never indiscreet, answers sometimes are.

Questions are never indiscreet, answers sometimes are.

The world is divided into two classes, those who believe the incredible, and those who...

The world is divided into two classes, those who believe the incredible, and those who...

Nature is always behind the age

Nature is always behind the age

Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live; it is asking others to live...

Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live; it is asking others to live...

Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching.

Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching.

You know what a woman's curiosity is.

You know what a woman's curiosity is.

How little it takes to make life unbearable: a pebble in the shoe, a cockroach...

How little it takes to make life unbearable: a pebble in the shoe, a cockroach...

Many societies have educated their male children on the simple device of teaching them not...

Many societies have educated their male children on the simple device of teaching them not...