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

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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The critic has to educate the public; the artist has to educate the critic.

The critic has to educate the public; the artist has to educate the critic.

They afterwards took me to a dancing saloon where I saw the only rational method...

They afterwards took me to a dancing saloon where I saw the only rational method...

A true friend stabs you in the front.

A true friend stabs you in the front.

Charity creates a multitude of sins. Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a...

Charity creates a multitude of sins. Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a...

The old believe everything; the middle aged suspect everything: the young know everything.

The old believe everything; the middle aged suspect everything: the young know everything.

Young men want to be faithful, and are not; old men want to be faithless,...

Young men want to be faithful, and are not; old men want to be faithless,...

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...

I always like to know everything about my new friends, and nothing about my old...

I always like to know everything about my new friends, and nothing about my old...

Twenty years of romance makes a woman look like a ruin; but twenty years of...

Twenty years of romance makes a woman look like a ruin; but twenty years of...

Men become old, but they never become good

Men become old, but they never become good

People who count their chickens before they are hatched, act very wisely, because chickens run...

People who count their chickens before they are hatched, act very wisely, because chickens run...

It is perfectly monstrous the way people go about nowadays saying things against one, behind...

It is perfectly monstrous the way people go about nowadays saying things against one, behind...

Extravagance is the luxury of the poor; penury is the luxury of the rich

Extravagance is the luxury of the poor; penury is the luxury of the rich

I want the dead lovers of the world to hear our laughter and grow sad....

I want the dead lovers of the world to hear our laughter and grow sad....

It is only the modern that ever becomes old fashioned.

It is only the modern that ever becomes old fashioned.

Football is all very well as a game for rough girls, but is hardly suitable...

Football is all very well as a game for rough girls, but is hardly suitable...

I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.

I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.

How strange a thing this is! The Priest telleth me that the Soul is worth...

How strange a thing this is! The Priest telleth me that the Soul is worth...

Christianity might be a good thing if anyone ever tried it.

Christianity might be a good thing if anyone ever tried it.

Do you think it all meant nothing, all the longing? The longing for home? For...

Do you think it all meant nothing, all the longing? The longing for home? For...