I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic.

Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic.

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

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

I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I...

I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I...

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

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

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...

Nature is always behind the age.

Nature is always behind the age.

I don't at all like knowing what people say of me behind my back. It...

I don't at all like knowing what people say of me behind my back. It...

35 is a very attractive age. London society is full of women of the very...

35 is a very attractive age. London society is full of women of the very...

As long as war is regarded as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When...

As long as war is regarded as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When...

The only real people are the people who never existed

The only real people are the people who never existed

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.

I don't at all like knowing what people say of me behind my back. It...

I don't at all like knowing what people say of me behind my back. It...

It is through art, and through art only, that we can realise our perfection.

It is through art, and through art only, that we can realise our perfection.

Nothing spoils a romance so much as a sense of humor in the woman.

Nothing spoils a romance so much as a sense of humor in the woman.

Indeed, in many respects she was quite English and was an excellent example of the...

Indeed, in many respects she was quite English and was an excellent example of the...

Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon...

Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon...

Death and vulgarity are the only two facts in the nineteenth century that one cannot...

Death and vulgarity are the only two facts in the nineteenth century that one cannot...

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;...

It is always in season for old men to learn.

It is always in season for old men to learn.

Old men must die, or the word would grow moldy, would only breed the past...

Old men must die, or the word would grow moldy, would only breed the past...