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

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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A work of art is the unique result of a unique temperament.

A work of art is the unique result of a unique temperament.

It is a curious fact that people are never so trivial as when they take...

It is a curious fact that people are never so trivial as when they take...

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...

Plain women are always jealous of their husbands. Beautiful women never are. They are always...

Plain women are always jealous of their husbands. Beautiful women never are. They are always...

A woman will flirt with anybody in the world as long as other people are...

A woman will flirt with anybody in the world as long as other people are...

The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.

The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.

Only the shallow know themselves.

Only the shallow know themselves.

Men always want to be a woman's first love. Women have a more subtle instinct:...

Men always want to be a woman's first love. Women have a more subtle instinct:...

Success is a science; if you have the conditions, you get the result.

Success is a science; if you have the conditions, you get the result.

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...

I think that God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability.

I think that God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability.

Why was I born with such contemporaries?

Why was I born with such contemporaries?

You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you...

You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you...

Judges, like the criminal classes, have their lighter moments

Judges, like the criminal classes, have their lighter moments

I am not young enough to know everything.

I am not young enough to know everything.

There is much to be said in favour of modern journalism. By giving us the...

There is much to be said in favour of modern journalism. By giving us the...

All that I desire to point out is the general principle that life imitates art...

All that I desire to point out is the general principle that life imitates art...

I don't like compliments, and I don't see why a man should think he is...

I don't like compliments, and I don't see why a man should think he is...

Next to a sincere compliment, I think I like a well-deserved and honest rebuke

Next to a sincere compliment, I think I like a well-deserved and honest rebuke

She deserves compliments often, not just when you want something from her.

She deserves compliments often, not just when you want something from her.

Every woman is wrong until she cries, and then she is right, instantly

Every woman is wrong until she cries, and then she is right, instantly