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

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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Those whom the gods love grow young.

Those whom the gods love grow young.

People who love only once in their lives are. . . shallow people. What they...

People who love only once in their lives are. . . shallow people. What they...

Beauty is a form of genius - is higher, indeed, than genius, as it needs...

Beauty is a form of genius - is higher, indeed, than genius, as it needs...

It (cricket) requires one to assume such indecent postures

It (cricket) requires one to assume such indecent postures

Bachelors should be heavily taxed. It is not fair that some men should be happier...

Bachelors should be heavily taxed. It is not fair that some men should be happier...

While we look to the dramatist to give romance to realism, we ask of the...

While we look to the dramatist to give romance to realism, we ask of the...

A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.

A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.

Young men want to be faithful, and are not; old men want to be faithless,...

Young men want to be faithful, and are not; old men want to be faithless,...

Work is the curse of the drinking classes.

Work is the curse of the drinking classes.

The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple.

The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple.

The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

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...

In America the President reigns for four years, and Journalism governs for ever and ever

In America the President reigns for four years, and Journalism governs for ever and ever

Hatred is blind, as well as love.

Hatred is blind, as well as love.

It is very vulgar to talk about one's business. Only people like stockbrokers do that,...

It is very vulgar to talk about one's business. Only people like stockbrokers do that,...

A man cannot reason with the woman he loves: he cares about her too much.

A man cannot reason with the woman he loves: he cares about her too much.

Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.

Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.

What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value...

What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value...

Musical people always want one to be perfectly dumb at the very moment when one...

Musical people always want one to be perfectly dumb at the very moment when one...

There's nothing in the world like the devotion of a married woman. It's a thing...

There's nothing in the world like the devotion of a married woman. It's a thing...