An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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All that I desire to point out is the general principle that life imitates art...

All that I desire to point out is the general principle that life imitates art...

It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances

It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances

If you are not too long, I will wait here for you all my life.

If you are not too long, I will wait here for you all my life.

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...

No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly.

No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly.

Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry,...

Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry,...

The one charm about marriage is that it makes a life of deception absolutely necessary...

The one charm about marriage is that it makes a life of deception absolutely necessary...

I dislike arguments of any kind. They are always vulgar, and often convincing.

I dislike arguments of any kind. They are always vulgar, and often convincing.

Authority is quite degrading

Authority is quite degrading

Time is waste of money.

Time is waste of money.

There is no such thing as a good influence. Because to influence a person is...

There is no such thing as a good influence. Because to influence a person is...

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.

Paradoxically though it may seem, it is none the less true that life imitates art...

Paradoxically though it may seem, it is none the less true that life imitates art...

Appearance blinds, whereas words reveal.

Appearance blinds, whereas words reveal.

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...

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.

Why was I born with such contemporaries?

Why was I born with such contemporaries?

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...

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

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

Now that the House of Commons is trying to become useful, it does a great...

Now that the House of Commons is trying to become useful, it does a great...