Conversation about the weather is the last refuge of the unimaginative.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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What we have to do, what at any rate it is our duty to do,...

What we have to do, what at any rate it is our duty to do,...

They spoil every romance by trying to make it last forever.

They spoil every romance by trying to make it last forever.

An inordinate passion for pleasure is the secret of remaining young

An inordinate passion for pleasure is the secret of remaining young

If there is anything in the world more annoying than having people talk about you,...

If there is anything in the world more annoying than having people talk about you,...

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...

The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.

The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.

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...

My duty as a gentleman has never interfered with my pleasures in the smallest degree.

My duty as a gentleman has never interfered with my pleasures in the smallest degree.

To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.

To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.

One's real life is so often the life that one does not lead.

One's real life is so often the life that one does not lead.

Arguments are to be avoided: they are always vulgar and often convincing.

Arguments are to be avoided: they are always vulgar and often convincing.

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.

Young people, nowadays, imagine that money is everything, and when they grow older, they know...

Young people, nowadays, imagine that money is everything, and when they grow older, they know...

A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything but the value of...

A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything but the value of...

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...

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...

Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people whom we personally dislike.

Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people whom we personally dislike.

The standard that a society should actually embody its own professed principles is a utopian...

The standard that a society should actually embody its own professed principles is a utopian...

Until the philosophy which holds one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently...

Until the philosophy which holds one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently...

I prefer credulity to skepticism and cynicism for there is more promise in almost anything...

I prefer credulity to skepticism and cynicism for there is more promise in almost anything...