As long as war is regarded as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When it is looked upon as vulgar, it will cease to be popular.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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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...

The critic has to educate the public; the artist has to educate the critic.

The critic has to educate the public; the artist has to educate the critic.

Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds.

Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds.

I am the only person in the world I should like to know thoroughly.

I am the only person in the world I should like to know thoroughly.

Everything popular is wrong.

Everything popular is wrong.

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

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

Perhaps, after all, America never has been discovered. I myself would say that it had...

Perhaps, after all, America never has been discovered. I myself would say that it had...

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...

By giving us the opinions of the uneducated, journalism keeps us in touch with the...

By giving us the opinions of the uneducated, journalism keeps us in touch with the...

The world has grown suspicious of anything that looks like a happily married life.

The world has grown suspicious of anything that looks like a happily married life.

This suspense is terrible. I hope it will last.

This suspense is terrible. I hope it will last.

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

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

Now that the House of Commons is trying to become useful, it does a great...

Now that the House of Commons is trying to become useful, it does a great...

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...

Men always want to be a woman's first love. That is their clumsy vanity. We...

Men always want to be a woman's first love. That is their clumsy vanity. We...

Vulgarity is the conduct of other people, just as falsehoods are the truths of other...

Vulgarity is the conduct of other people, just as falsehoods are the truths of other...

A pessimist is somebody who complains about the noise when opportunity knocks.

A pessimist is somebody who complains about the noise when opportunity knocks.

Woman begins by resisting a man's advances and ends up blocking his retreat.

Woman begins by resisting a man's advances and ends up blocking his retreat.

It is generally admitted that with woman the powers of intuition, of rapid perception and...

It is generally admitted that with woman the powers of intuition, of rapid perception and...

There are women who do not like to cause suffering to many men at a...

There are women who do not like to cause suffering to many men at a...