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

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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There is nothing in the world like the devotion of a married woman. It is...

There is nothing in the world like the devotion of a married woman. It is...

The old believe everything; the middle aged suspect everything: the young know everything.

The old believe everything; the middle aged suspect everything: the young know everything.

To get back one's youth one has merely to repeat one's follies

To get back one's youth one has merely to repeat one's follies

Only the shallow know themselves.

Only the shallow know themselves.

No crime is vulgar, but all vulgarity is crime

No crime is vulgar, but all vulgarity is crime

I do not approve of anything which tampers with natural ignorance

I do not approve of anything which tampers with natural ignorance

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.

Vulgarity is the conduct of other people, just as falsehoods are the truths of other...

Vulgarity is the conduct of other people, just as falsehoods are the truths of other...

Ordinary riches can be stolen; real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things...

Ordinary riches can be stolen; real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things...

The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.

The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.

There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and...

There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and...

Arguments are extremely vulgar, for everyone in good society holds exactly the same opinion.

Arguments are extremely vulgar, for everyone in good society holds exactly the same opinion.

Fathers should be neither seen nor heard. That is the only proper basis for family...

Fathers should be neither seen nor heard. That is the only proper basis for family...

Religion is the fashionable substitute for belief

Religion is the fashionable substitute for belief

Arguments are to be avoided: they are always vulgar and often convincing.

Arguments are to be avoided: they are always vulgar and often convincing.

No woman should ever be quite accurate about her age. It looks so calculating.

No woman should ever be quite accurate about her age. It looks so calculating.

Questions are never indiscreet, answers sometimes are.

Questions are never indiscreet, answers sometimes are.

Literature always anticipates life. It does not copy it, but moulds it to its purpose....

Literature always anticipates life. It does not copy it, but moulds it to its purpose....

Literature is an investment of genius which has dividends to all subsequent times

Literature is an investment of genius which has dividends to all subsequent times

Your reader is at least as bright as you are

Your reader is at least as bright as you are