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 supreme object of life is to live. Few people live. It is true life...

The supreme object of life is to live. Few people live. It is true life...

Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.

Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.

The worst vice of a fanatic is his sincerity.

The worst vice of a fanatic is his sincerity.

The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is...

The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is...

There is always something ridiculous about the emotions of people whom one has ceased to...

There is always something ridiculous about the emotions of people whom one has ceased to...

Extravagance is the luxury of the poor; penury is the luxury of the rich

Extravagance is the luxury of the poor; penury is the luxury of the rich

My own business always bores me to death; I prefer other people's

My own business always bores me to death; I prefer other people's

Religions die when they are proved to be true. Science is the record of dead...

Religions die when they are proved to be true. Science is the record of dead...

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...

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...

Football is all very well as a game for rough girls, but is hardly suitable...

Football is all very well as a game for rough girls, but is hardly suitable...

Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.

Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.

Those who try to lead the people can only do so by following the mob

Those who try to lead the people can only do so by following the mob

The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything. Except what is worth knowing. Journalism,...

The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything. Except what is worth knowing. Journalism,...

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...

Twenty years of romance makes a woman look like a ruin; but twenty years of...

Twenty years of romance makes a woman look like a ruin; but twenty years of...

I have nothing to declare except my genius.

I have nothing to declare except my genius.

Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.

Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.

Women are made to be loved, not understood.

Women are made to be loved, not understood.

It is only by not paying one's bills that one can hope to live in...

It is only by not paying one's bills that one can hope to live in...