Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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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 -...

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...

Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.

Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.

The only way a woman can ever reform her husband is by boring him so...

The only way a woman can ever reform her husband is by boring him so...

It was the passions about whose origin we deceived ourselves that tyrannized most strongly over...

It was the passions about whose origin we deceived ourselves that tyrannized most strongly over...

A poet can survive everything but a misprint.

A poet can survive everything but a misprint.

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....

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

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

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.

Conversation should touch everything, but should concentrate itself on nothing.

Conversation should touch everything, but should concentrate itself on nothing.

There is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves we feel that no one...

There is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves we feel that no one...

Women represent the triumph of matter over mind, just as men represent the triumph of...

Women represent the triumph of matter over mind, just as men represent the triumph of...

When a woman marries again it is because she detested her first husband. When a...

When a woman marries again it is because she detested her first husband. When a...

One can give a really unbiased opinion only about things that do not interest one

One can give a really unbiased opinion only about things that do not interest one

Musical people always want one to be perfectly dumb at the very moment when one...

Musical people always want one to be perfectly dumb at the very moment when one...

Women are made to be loved, not understood.

Women are made to be loved, not understood.

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

Her love was trembling in laughter on her lips.

Her love was trembling in laughter on her lips.

Grace doesn't depend on suffering to exist, but where there is suffering you will find...

Grace doesn't depend on suffering to exist, but where there is suffering you will find...

A man content to go to heaven alone will never go to heaven.

A man content to go to heaven alone will never go to heaven.