Arguments are to be avoided: they are always vulgar and often convincing.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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True friends stab you in the front.

True friends stab you in the front.

The only difference between a caprice and a lifelong passion is that the caprice lasts...

The only difference between a caprice and a lifelong passion is that the caprice lasts...

Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.

Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.

My wife and I no longer have anything in common but our differences.

My wife and I no longer have anything in common but our differences.

A man who does not think for himself does not think at all.

A man who does not think for himself does not think at all.

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

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

Few parents nowadays pay any regard to what their children say to them. The old...

Few parents nowadays pay any regard to what their children say to them. The old...

I love talking about nothing. It is the only thing I know anything about.

I love talking about nothing. It is the only thing I know anything about.

An optimist will tell you the glass is half-full; the pessimist, half-empty; and the engineer...

An optimist will tell you the glass is half-full; the pessimist, half-empty; and the engineer...

Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses...

Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses...

Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes, they...

Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes, they...

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 man can't be too careful in the choice of his enemies.

A man can't be too careful in the choice of his enemies.

Nothing spoils a romance so much as a sense of humor in the woman.

Nothing spoils a romance so much as a sense of humor in the woman.

I knew that I had come face to face with some one whose mere personality...

I knew that I had come face to face with some one whose mere personality...

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.

He to whom the present is the only thing that is present, knows nothing of...

He to whom the present is the only thing that is present, knows nothing of...

I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.

I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.

Why was I born with such contemporaries?

Why was I born with such contemporaries?

Self-importance is our greatest enemy. Think about it - what weakens us is feeling offended...

Self-importance is our greatest enemy. Think about it - what weakens us is feeling offended...

Courtship is to marriage, as a very witty prologue to a very dull play.

Courtship is to marriage, as a very witty prologue to a very dull play.