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

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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A true friend stabs you in the front.

A true friend stabs you in the front.

To get back one's youth one has merely to repeat one's follies

To get back one's youth one has merely to repeat one's follies

The secret of life is to appreciate the pleasure of being terribly deceived

The secret of life is to appreciate the pleasure of being terribly deceived

It was the passions about whose origin we deceived ourselves that tyrannized most strongly over...

It was the passions about whose origin we deceived ourselves that tyrannized most strongly over...

I see when men love women. They give them but a little of their lives....

I see when men love women. They give them but a little of their lives....

The difference between literature and journalism is that journalism is unreadable, and literature is not...

The difference between literature and journalism is that journalism is unreadable, and literature is not...

Vulgarity is the conduct of other people, just as falsehoods are the truths of other...

Vulgarity is the conduct of other people, just as falsehoods are the truths of other...

He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.

He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.

When I was young, I thought that money was the most important thing in life;...

When I was young, I thought that money was the most important thing in life;...

Woman begins by resisting a man's advances and ends up blocking his retreat.

Woman begins by resisting a man's advances and ends up blocking his retreat.

When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers.

When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers.

I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it....

I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it....

I hope you have not been leading a double life, pretending to be wicked and...

I hope you have not been leading a double life, pretending to be wicked and...

True love is like a pair of socks: you gotta have two and they've gotta...

True love is like a pair of socks: you gotta have two and they've gotta...

One should never trust a woman who tells her real age. If she tells that,...

One should never trust a woman who tells her real age. If she tells that,...

I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and...

I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and...

The worst form of tyranny the world has ever known the tyranny of the weak...

The worst form of tyranny the world has ever known the tyranny of the weak...

This suspense is terrible. I hope it will last.

This suspense is terrible. I hope it will last.

Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow.

Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow.

One should always be in love. That is the reason one should never marry.

One should always be in love. That is the reason one should never marry.