Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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All that I desire to point out is the general principle that life imitates art...

All that I desire to point out is the general principle that life imitates art...

Women are meant to be loved, not to be understood.

Women are meant to be loved, not to be understood.

The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one.

The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one.

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

Popularity is the one insult I have never suffered.

Popularity is the one insult I have never suffered.

Alas, I am dying beyond my means.

Alas, I am dying beyond my means.

Looking good and dressing well is a necessity. Having a purpose in life is not.

Looking good and dressing well is a necessity. Having a purpose in life is not.

The proper school to learn art is not life but art

The proper school to learn art is not life but art

The supreme object of life is to live. Few people live. It is true life...

The supreme object of life is to live. Few people live. It is true life...

Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses...

Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses...

We all live in the gutter but some of us are looking up at the...

We all live in the gutter but some of us are looking up at the...

She behaves as if she was beautiful. Most American women do. It is the secret...

She behaves as if she was beautiful. Most American women do. It is the secret...

It is very vulgar to talk about one's business. Only people like stockbrokers do that,...

It is very vulgar to talk about one's business. Only people like stockbrokers do that,...

You know what a woman's curiosity is.

You know what a woman's curiosity is.

If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend...

If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend...

Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow.

Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow.

Scandal is gossip made tedious by morality

Scandal is gossip made tedious by morality

I want the dead lovers of the world to hear our laughter and grow sad....

I want the dead lovers of the world to hear our laughter and grow sad....

The world is not respectable; it is mortal, tormented, confused, deluded forever; but it is...

The world is not respectable; it is mortal, tormented, confused, deluded forever; but it is...

Laughter is a powerful way to tap positive emotions

Laughter is a powerful way to tap positive emotions