Genius is born, not paid.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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By persistently remaining single a man converts himself into a permanent public temptation.

By persistently remaining single a man converts himself into a permanent public temptation.

The typewriting machine, when played with expression, is no more annoying than the piano when...

The typewriting machine, when played with expression, is no more annoying than the piano when...

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,...

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...

Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when...

Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when...

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go

We degenerate into hideous puppets, haunted by the memory of the passions of which we...

We degenerate into hideous puppets, haunted by the memory of the passions of which we...

The proper school to learn art is not life but art

The proper school to learn art is not life but art

When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one's self, and one always...

When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one's self, and one always...

Only the shallow know themselves.

Only the shallow know themselves.

This suspense is terrible. I hope it will last.

This suspense is terrible. I hope it will last.

I suppose society is wonderfully delightful. To be in it is merely a bore. But...

I suppose society is wonderfully delightful. To be in it is merely a bore. But...

His morality is all sympathy, just what morality should be

His morality is all sympathy, just what morality should be

When a love comes to an end, weaklings cry, efficient ones instantly find another love,...

When a love comes to an end, weaklings cry, efficient ones instantly find another love,...

It is better to be beautiful than to be good. But... it is better to...

It is better to be beautiful than to be good. But... it is better to...

Questions are never indiscreet, answers sometimes are.

Questions are never indiscreet, answers sometimes are.

I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than...

I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than...

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

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

So vast is art, so narrow human wit.

So vast is art, so narrow human wit.

Art may imitate life, but life imitates TV.

Art may imitate life, but life imitates TV.