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

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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Memory is the diary that we all carry about with us

Memory is the diary that we all carry about with us

The way of paradoxes is the way of truth.

The way of paradoxes is the way of truth.

I never approve, or disapprove, of anything now. It is an absurd attitude to take...

I never approve, or disapprove, of anything now. It is an absurd attitude to take...

I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I...

I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I...

Anybody can be good in the country

Anybody can be good in the country

Literature always anticipates life. It does not copy it, but moulds it to its purpose....

Literature always anticipates life. It does not copy it, but moulds it to its purpose....

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...

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,...

I like men who have a future and women who have a past.

I like men who have a future and women who have a past.

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...

It often happens that the real tragedies of life occur in such an inartistic manner...

It often happens that the real tragedies of life occur in such an inartistic manner...

When a man has once loved a woman he will do anything for her except...

When a man has once loved a woman he will do anything for her except...

The imagination imitates. It is the critical spirit that creates.

The imagination imitates. It is the critical spirit that creates.

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...

If there was less sympathy in the world, there would be less trouble in the...

If there was less sympathy in the world, there would be less trouble in the...

A man can be happy with any woman, as long as he does not love...

A man can be happy with any woman, as long as he does not love...

Work is the curse of the drinking classes.

Work is the curse of the drinking classes.

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...

For age is opportunity no less than youth itself, though in another dress, and as...

For age is opportunity no less than youth itself, though in another dress, and as...

Young people don't know what age is, and old people forget what youth was

Young people don't know what age is, and old people forget what youth was