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

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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I can stand brute force, but brute reason is quite unbearable. There is something unfair...

I can stand brute force, but brute reason is quite unbearable. There is something unfair...

I am not young enough to know everything.

I am not young enough to know everything.

Between men and women there is no friendship possible. There is passion, enmity, worship, love,...

Between men and women there is no friendship possible. There is passion, enmity, worship, love,...

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

One's real life is often the life that one does not lead

One's real life is often the life that one does not lead

A man who is master of himself can end a sorrow as easily as he...

A man who is master of himself can end a sorrow as easily as he...

To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like...

To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like...

The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple.

The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple.

My great mistake, the fault for which I can't forgive myself, is that one day...

My great mistake, the fault for which I can't forgive myself, is that one day...

There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that...

There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that...

What people call insincerity is simply a method by which we can multiply our personalities.

What people call insincerity is simply a method by which we can multiply our personalities.

Men marry because they are tired; women, because they are curious; both are disappointed.

Men marry because they are tired; women, because they are curious; both are disappointed.

To regret one's own experiences is to arrest one's own development. To deny one's own...

To regret one's own experiences is to arrest one's own development. To deny one's own...

In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane.

In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane.

Those who are faithful know only the trivial side of love: it is the faithless...

Those who are faithful know only the trivial side of love: it is the faithless...

It is only the modern that ever becomes old-fashioned.

It is only the modern that ever becomes old-fashioned.

Nothing makes one so vain as being told one is a sinner. Conscience makes egotists...

Nothing makes one so vain as being told one is a sinner. Conscience makes egotists...

It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution

It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution

Deep in my heart I'm concealing things that I'm longing to say. Scared to confess...

Deep in my heart I'm concealing things that I'm longing to say. Scared to confess...

Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be...

Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be...

Successful guilt is the bane of society

Successful guilt is the bane of society