I can stand brute force, but brute reason is quite unbearable. There is something unfair about its use. It is hitting below the intellect.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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Men become old, but they never become good

Men become old, but they never become good

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.

Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.

Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.

The heart was made to be broken.

The heart was made to be broken.

All great ideas are dangerous.

All great ideas are dangerous.

No man is rich enough to buy back his past.

No man is rich enough to buy back his past.

There is only one real tragedy in a woman's life. The fact that her past...

There is only one real tragedy in a woman's life. The fact that her past...

What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value...

What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value...

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

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

A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.

A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.

There is nothing in the world like the devotion of a married woman. It is...

There is nothing in the world like the devotion of a married woman. It is...

The sign of a Philistine age is the cry of immorality against art.

The sign of a Philistine age is the cry of immorality against art.

If one plays good music, people don't listen and if one plays bad music people...

If one plays good music, people don't listen and if one plays bad music people...

Ambition is the last refuge of failure.

Ambition is the last refuge of failure.

How marriage ruins a man! It is as demoralizing as cigarettes, and far more expensive.

How marriage ruins a man! It is as demoralizing as cigarettes, and far more expensive.

By giving us the opinions of the uneducated, journalism keeps us in touch with the...

By giving us the opinions of the uneducated, journalism keeps us in touch with the...

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...

There is luxury in self reproach. When we blame ourselves, we feel no one else...

There is luxury in self reproach. When we blame ourselves, we feel no one else...

Why was I born with such contemporaries?

Why was I born with such contemporaries?

There's one thing that everybody wants to feel: to be loved, without seemingly begging for...

There's one thing that everybody wants to feel: to be loved, without seemingly begging for...