Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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This suspense is terrible. I hope it will last.

This suspense is terrible. I hope it will last.

The typewriting machine, when played with expression, is no more annoying than the piano when...

The typewriting machine, when played with expression, is no more annoying than the piano when...

Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.

Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.

Formerly we used to canonize our heroes. The modern method is to vulgarize them. Cheap...

Formerly we used to canonize our heroes. The modern method is to vulgarize them. Cheap...

Scandal is gossip made tedious by morality

Scandal is gossip made tedious by morality

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.

Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when...

Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when...

If you are not too long, I will wait here for you all my life.

If you are not too long, I will wait here for you all my life.

There is luxury in self reproach. When we blame ourselves, we feel no one else...

There is luxury in self reproach. When we blame ourselves, we feel no one else...

It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will...

It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will...

When I was young, I thought that money was the most important thing in life;...

When I was young, I thought that money was the most important thing in life;...

To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like...

To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like...

One's past is what one is. It is the only way by which people should...

One's past is what one is. It is the only way by which people should...

Ultimately the bond of all companionship, whether in marriage or in friendship, is conversation.

Ultimately the bond of all companionship, whether in marriage or in friendship, is conversation.

How marriage ruins a man! It is as demoralizing as cigarettes, and far more expensive.

How marriage ruins a man! It is as demoralizing as cigarettes, and far more expensive.

Genius is born, not paid.

Genius is born, not paid.

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

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

There is no sin except stupidity.

There is no sin except stupidity.

Albrecht's Law - Intelligent people, when assembled into an organization, will tend toward collective stupidity.

Albrecht's Law - Intelligent people, when assembled into an organization, will tend toward collective stupidity.

It is because nations tend towards stupidity and baseness that mankind moves so slowly; it...

It is because nations tend towards stupidity and baseness that mankind moves so slowly; it...