As long as a woman can look ten years younger than her own daughter, she is perfectly satisfied.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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I see when men love women. They give them but a little of their lives....

I see when men love women. They give them but a little of their lives....

Now it seems to me that love of some kind is the only possible explanation...

Now it seems to me that love of some kind is the only possible explanation...

It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or...

It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or...

The world was my oyster but I used the wrong fork - Oscar Wilde

The world was my oyster but I used the wrong fork - Oscar Wilde

Hear no evil, speak no evil - and you'll never be invited to a party

Hear no evil, speak no evil - and you'll never be invited to a party

Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching.

Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching.

I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in...

I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in...

I don't at all like knowing what people say of me behind my back. It...

I don't at all like knowing what people say of me behind my back. It...

Death and vulgarity are the only two facts in the nineteenth century that one cannot...

Death and vulgarity are the only two facts in the nineteenth century that one cannot...

The well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves.

The well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves.

Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.

Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.

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...

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

If one plays good music, people don't listen and if one plays bad music people...

If one plays good music, people don't listen and if one plays bad music people...

What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value...

What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value...

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

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

We can have in life but one great experience at best, and the secret of...

We can have in life but one great experience at best, and the secret of...

Alas, I am dying beyond my means.

Alas, I am dying beyond my means.

America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.

America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.

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...