I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it. It is never of any use to oneself.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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We live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities.

We live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities.

Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities.

Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities.

The advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray.

The advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray.

The one person who has more illusions than the dreamer is the man of action

The one person who has more illusions than the dreamer is the man of action

Those whom the gods love grow young.

Those whom the gods love grow young.

Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same.

Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same.

To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.

To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.

A man's face is his autobiography. A woman's face is her work of fiction.

A man's face is his autobiography. A woman's face is her work of fiction.

The face of the enemy frightens me only when I see how much it resembles...

The face of the enemy frightens me only when I see how much it resembles...

An ordinary man away from home giving advice.

An ordinary man away from home giving advice.

Talk to every woman as if you loved her, and to every man as if...

Talk to every woman as if you loved her, and to every man as if...

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...

When a woman marries again it is because she detested her first husband. When a...

When a woman marries again it is because she detested her first husband. When a...

Now that the House of Commons is trying to become useful, it does a great...

Now that the House of Commons is trying to become useful, it does a great...

One can survive everything nowadays, except death, and live down anything, except a good reputation.

One can survive everything nowadays, except death, and live down anything, except a good reputation.

One of the many lessons that one learns in prison is, that things are what...

One of the many lessons that one learns in prison is, that things are what...

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...

As yet, Bernard Shaw hasn't become prominent enough to have any enemies, but none of...

As yet, Bernard Shaw hasn't become prominent enough to have any enemies, but none of...

If a wise man behaves prudently, how can he be overcome by his enemies? Even...

If a wise man behaves prudently, how can he be overcome by his enemies? Even...

You never really know your friends from your enemies until the ice breaks

You never really know your friends from your enemies until the ice breaks