Death and vulgarity are the only two facts in the nineteenth century that one cannot explain away.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast.

Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast.

Bachelors should be heavily taxed. It is not fair that some men should be happier...

Bachelors should be heavily taxed. It is not fair that some men should be happier...

Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds.

Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds.

We live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities.

We live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities.

I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my...

I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my...

Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses...

Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses...

Biography lends to death a new terror.

Biography lends to death a new terror.

We degenerate into hideous puppets, haunted by the memory of the passions of which we...

We degenerate into hideous puppets, haunted by the memory of the passions of which we...

Work is the curse of the drinking classes.

Work is the curse of the drinking classes.

Women are never disarmed by compliments. Men always are. That is the difference between the...

Women are never disarmed by compliments. Men always are. That is the difference between the...

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...

Children have a natural antipathy to books - handicraft should be the basis of education....

Children have a natural antipathy to books - handicraft should be the basis of education....

No woman should ever be quite accurate about her age. It looks so calculating.

No woman should ever be quite accurate about her age. It looks so calculating.

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...

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

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

The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast.

The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast.

Faithfulness is to the emotional life what consistency is to the life of the intellect...

Faithfulness is to the emotional life what consistency is to the life of the intellect...

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...

Woman reduces us all to a common denomination

Woman reduces us all to a common denomination

If women didn't exist, all the money in the world would have no meaning

If women didn't exist, all the money in the world would have no meaning