Children have a natural antipathy to books - handicraft should be the basis of education. Boys and girls should be taught to use their hands to make something, and they would be less apt to destroy and be mischievous.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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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...

Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.

Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.

These days man knows the price of everything, but the value of nothing.

These days man knows the price of everything, but the value of nothing.

It is only by not paying one's bills that one can hope to live in...

It is only by not paying one's bills that one can hope to live in...

35 is a very attractive age. London society is full of women of the very...

35 is a very attractive age. London society is full of women of the very...

Music makes one feel so romantic - at least it always gets on one's nerves...

Music makes one feel so romantic - at least it always gets on one's nerves...

Marriage is the one subject on which all women agree and all men disagree

Marriage is the one subject on which all women agree and all men disagree

There is no necessity to separate the monarch from the mob; all authority is equally...

There is no necessity to separate the monarch from the mob; all authority is equally...

There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and...

There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and...

Ambition is the last refuge of the failure.

Ambition is the last refuge of the failure.

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

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

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.

When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one's self, and one always...

When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one's self, and one always...

I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than...

I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than...

I suppose society is wonderfully delightful. To be in it is merely a bore. But...

I suppose society is wonderfully delightful. To be in it is merely a bore. But...

One should never trust a woman who tells her real age. If she tells that,...

One should never trust a woman who tells her real age. If she tells that,...

Genius is born, not paid.

Genius is born, not paid.

To expect the unexpected shows a thoroughly modern intellect.

To expect the unexpected shows a thoroughly modern intellect.

While we look to the dramatist to give romance to realism, we ask of the...

While we look to the dramatist to give romance to realism, we ask of the...

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

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