America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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To love one's self is the beginning of a life-long romance

To love one's self is the beginning of a life-long romance

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...

Women have a wonderful instinct about things. They can discover everything except the obvious.

Women have a wonderful instinct about things. They can discover everything except the obvious.

Plain women are always jealous of their husbands. Beautiful women never are. They are always...

Plain women are always jealous of their husbands. Beautiful women never are. They are always...

I never approve, or disapprove, of anything now. It is an absurd attitude to take...

I never approve, or disapprove, of anything now. It is an absurd attitude to take...

The sign of a Philistine age is the cry of immorality against art.

The sign of a Philistine age is the cry of immorality against art.

It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors.

It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors.

The typewriting machine, when played with expression, is no more annoying than the piano when...

The typewriting machine, when played with expression, is no more annoying than the piano when...

Experience is the name every one gives to their mistakes.

Experience is the name every one gives to their mistakes.

Murder is always a mistake - one should never do anything one cannot talk about...

Murder is always a mistake - one should never do anything one cannot talk about...

One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards.

One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards.

Perhaps, after all, America never has been discovered. I myself would say that it had...

Perhaps, after all, America never has been discovered. I myself would say that it had...

Illusion is the first of all pleasures.

Illusion is the first of all pleasures.

I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my...

I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my...

Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.

Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.

Memory... is the diary that we all carry about with us.

Memory... is the diary that we all carry about with us.

I see when men love women. They give them but a little of their lives....

I see when men love women. They give them but a little of their lives....

The only real people are the people who never existed

The only real people are the people who never existed

People like a woman who drinks her scotch straight. People like a woman who serves...

People like a woman who drinks her scotch straight. People like a woman who serves...

We can never judge the lives of others, because each person knows only their own...

We can never judge the lives of others, because each person knows only their own...