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

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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The man who can dominate a London dinner-table can dominate the world.

The man who can dominate a London dinner-table can dominate the world.

We can have in life but one great experience at best, and the secret of...

We can have in life but one great experience at best, and the secret of...

The supreme object of life is to live. Few people live. It is true life...

The supreme object of life is to live. Few people live. It is true life...

The world has grown suspicious of anything that looks like a happily married life.

The world has grown suspicious of anything that looks like a happily married life.

How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on...

How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on...

My own business always bores me to death; I prefer other people's

My own business always bores me to death; I prefer other people's

Children begin by loving their parents; after a time they judge them; rarely, if ever,...

Children begin by loving their parents; after a time they judge them; rarely, if ever,...

Nowadays most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it...

Nowadays most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it...

I dislike arguments of any kind. They are always vulgar, and often convincing.

I dislike arguments of any kind. They are always vulgar, and often convincing.

I don't at all like knowing what people say of me behind my back. It...

I don't at all like knowing what people say of me behind my back. It...

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

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

I regard the theatre as the greatest of all art forms, the most immediate way...

I regard the theatre as the greatest of all art forms, the most immediate way...

Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals.

Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals.

Alas, I am dying beyond my means.

Alas, I am dying beyond my means.

So never lose an opportunity of urging a practical beginning, however small, for it is...

So never lose an opportunity of urging a practical beginning, however small, for it is...

Perhaps, after all, America never has been discovered. I myself would say that it has...

Perhaps, after all, America never has been discovered. I myself would say that it has...

Looking good and dressing well is a necessity. Having a purpose in life is not.

Looking good and dressing well is a necessity. Having a purpose in life is not.

Simple pleasures are always the last refuge of the complex

Simple pleasures are always the last refuge of the complex

Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of...

Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of...

Most things in life are moments of pleasure and a lifetime of embarrassment; photography is...

Most things in life are moments of pleasure and a lifetime of embarrassment; photography is...