All great ideas are dangerous.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.

Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.

The only difference between a caprice and a lifelong passion is that the caprice lasts...

The only difference between a caprice and a lifelong passion is that the caprice lasts...

Women are meant to be loved, not to be understood.

Women are meant to be loved, not to be understood.

In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane.

In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane.

Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that...

Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that...

There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that...

There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that...

It is only by not paying one's bills that one can hope to live in...

It is only by not paying one's bills that one can hope to live in...

The tragedy of old age is not that one is old, but that one is...

The tragedy of old age is not that one is old, but that one is...

It often happens that the real tragedies of life occur in such an inartistic manner...

It often happens that the real tragedies of life occur in such an inartistic manner...

Only the shallow know themselves.

Only the shallow know themselves.

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...

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...

An ordinary man away from home giving advice.

An ordinary man away from home giving advice.

Nothing makes one so vain as being told one is a sinner. Conscience makes egotists...

Nothing makes one so vain as being told one is a sinner. Conscience makes egotists...

An optimist will tell you the glass is half-full; the pessimist, half-empty; and the engineer...

An optimist will tell you the glass is half-full; the pessimist, half-empty; and the engineer...

He hadn't a single redeeming vice.

He hadn't a single redeeming vice.

Pleasure is Nature's test, her sign of approval. When man is happy, he is in...

Pleasure is Nature's test, her sign of approval. When man is happy, he is in...

Appearance blinds, whereas words reveal.

Appearance blinds, whereas words reveal.

Maybe where there's clarity of air, there's clarity of thought.

Maybe where there's clarity of air, there's clarity of thought.

When people will not weed their own minds, they are apt to be overrun by...

When people will not weed their own minds, they are apt to be overrun by...

Being honest may not get you a lot of friends but it'll always get you...

Being honest may not get you a lot of friends but it'll always get you...