Anybody can be good in the country. There are no temptations there.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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And he goes through life, his mouth open, and his mind closed.

And he goes through life, his mouth open, and his mind closed.

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...

Everything popular is wrong.

Everything popular is wrong.

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.

If one tells the truth, one is sure sooner or later to be found out

If one tells the truth, one is sure sooner or later to be found out

I hope you have not been leading a double life, pretending to be wicked and...

I hope you have not been leading a double life, pretending to be wicked and...

Men always want to be a woman's first love - women like to be a...

Men always want to be a woman's first love - women like to be a...

A work of art is the unique result of a unique temperament.

A work of art is the unique result of a unique temperament.

You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you...

You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you...

The advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray.

The advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray.

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

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

Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities.

Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities.

A true friend stabs you in the front.

A true friend stabs you in the front.

Time is waste of money.

Time is waste of money.

Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities.

Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities.

Faithfulness is to the emotional life what consistency is to the life of the intellect...

Faithfulness is to the emotional life what consistency is to the life of the intellect...

Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.

Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.

A man's face is his autobiography. A woman's face is her work of fiction.

A man's face is his autobiography. A woman's face is her work of fiction.

No great man lives in vain. The history of the world is but the biography...

No great man lives in vain. The history of the world is but the biography...

I can find my biography in every fable that I read

I can find my biography in every fable that I read

Emotional truths can sometimes be conveyed more effectively, more compellingly, through fiction.

Emotional truths can sometimes be conveyed more effectively, more compellingly, through fiction.

My idea of feminism is self-determination, and it's very open-ended: every woman has the right...

My idea of feminism is self-determination, and it's very open-ended: every woman has the right...