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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How else but through a broken heart may Lord Christ enter in?

How else but through a broken heart may Lord Christ enter in?

I have made an important discovery... that alcohol, taken in sufficient quantities, produces all the...

I have made an important discovery... that alcohol, taken in sufficient quantities, produces all the...

A mans face is his autobiography. A women's face is her work of fiction.

A mans face is his autobiography. A women's face is her work of fiction.

Woman begins by resisting a man's advances and ends up blocking his retreat.

Woman begins by resisting a man's advances and ends up blocking his retreat.

In the wild struggle for existance, we want to have something that endures, and so...

In the wild struggle for existance, we want to have something that endures, and so...

Few parents nowadays pay any regard to what their children say to them. The old...

Few parents nowadays pay any regard to what their children say to them. The old...

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...

Hear no evil, speak no evil - and you'll never be invited to a party

Hear no evil, speak no evil - and you'll never be invited to a party

Scandal is gossip made tedious by morality

Scandal is gossip made tedious by morality

How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on...

How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on...

Murder is always a mistake - one should never do anything one cannot talk about...

Murder is always a mistake - one should never do anything one cannot talk about...

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...

There is nothing so difficult to marry as a large nose.

There is nothing so difficult to marry as a large nose.

The husbands of very beautiful women belong to the criminal classes.

The husbands of very beautiful women belong to the criminal classes.

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...

No woman should ever be quite accurate about her age. It looks so calculating.

No woman should ever be quite accurate about her age. It looks so calculating.

The secret of life is to appreciate the pleasure of being terribly deceived

The secret of life is to appreciate the pleasure of being terribly deceived

The world has grown suspicious of anything that looks like a happily married life.

The world has grown suspicious of anything that looks like a happily married life.

The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.

The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.

Shotgunning anybody in this room would be the moral equivalent of killing a car, a...

Shotgunning anybody in this room would be the moral equivalent of killing a car, a...