Any preoccupation with ideas of what is right or wrong in conduct shows an arrested intellectual development

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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The consciousness of loving and being loved brings a warmth and richness to life that...

The consciousness of loving and being loved brings a warmth and richness to life that...

A true friend stabs you in the front.

A true friend stabs you in the front.

He lives the poetry that he cannot write. The others write the poetry that they...

He lives the poetry that he cannot write. The others write the poetry that they...

The cynic knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.

The cynic knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.

The husbands of very beautiful women belong to the criminal classes.

The husbands of very beautiful women belong to the criminal classes.

In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane.

In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane.

I can resist everything except temptation.

I can resist everything except temptation.

There is no sin except stupidity.

There is no sin except stupidity.

It is better to be beautiful than to be good, but it is better to...

It is better to be beautiful than to be good, but it is better to...

A pessimist is somebody who complains about the noise when opportunity knocks.

A pessimist is somebody who complains about the noise when opportunity knocks.

Nowadays most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it...

Nowadays most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it...

They spoil every romance by trying to make it last forever.

They spoil every romance by trying to make it last forever.

Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses...

Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses...

All trials are trials for one's life, just as all sentences are sentences of death.

All trials are trials for one's life, just as all sentences are sentences of death.

If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use...

If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use...

It is through art, and through art only, that we can realise our perfection.

It is through art, and through art only, that we can realise our perfection.

The world has grown suspicious of anything that looks like a happily married life.

The world has grown suspicious of anything that looks like a happily married life.

God and other artists are always a little obscure.

God and other artists are always a little obscure.

I've been relying very heavily on my instincts as of late, and my songwriting has...

I've been relying very heavily on my instincts as of late, and my songwriting has...

Identity is theft of the self

Identity is theft of the self