Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.

Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.

Vulgarity is simply the conduct of other people.

Vulgarity is simply the conduct of other people.

Marriage is not a word; it is a sentence

Marriage is not a word; it is a sentence

Experience is the name we give to our past mistakes

Experience is the name we give to our past mistakes

Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that...

Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that...

There is only one real tragedy in a woman's life. The fact that her past...

There is only one real tragedy in a woman's life. The fact that her past...

Where there is sorrow, there is holy ground

Where there is sorrow, there is holy ground

Nothing makes one so vain as being told one is a sinner. Conscience makes egotists...

Nothing makes one so vain as being told one is a sinner. Conscience makes egotists...

Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that...

Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that...

Temperament is the primary requisite for the critic - a temperament exquisitely susceptible to beauty,...

Temperament is the primary requisite for the critic - a temperament exquisitely susceptible to beauty,...

His morality is all sympathy, just what morality should be

His morality is all sympathy, just what morality should be

Women have a wonderful instinct about things. They can discover everything except the obvious.

Women have a wonderful instinct about things. They can discover everything except the obvious.

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

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...

Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.

Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.

The tragedy of old age is not that one is old, but that one is...

The tragedy of old age is not that one is old, but that one is...

There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well...

There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well...

The salesman knows nothing of what he is selling save that he is charging a...

The salesman knows nothing of what he is selling save that he is charging a...

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

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

Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon...

Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon...