I do not approve of anything which tampers with natural ignorance

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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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.

In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane.

In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane.

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

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

Ambition is the last refuge of failure.

Ambition is the last refuge of failure.

The world was my oyster but I used the wrong fork - Oscar Wilde

The world was my oyster but I used the wrong fork - Oscar Wilde

Anybody can be good in the country. There are no temptations there.

Anybody can be good in the country. There are no temptations there.

It (cricket) requires one to assume such indecent postures

It (cricket) requires one to assume such indecent postures

Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.

Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.

Between the optimist and the pessimist, the difference is droll. The optimist sees the doughnut;...

Between the optimist and the pessimist, the difference is droll. The optimist sees the doughnut;...

There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well...

There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well...

They spoil every romance by trying to make it last forever.

They spoil every romance by trying to make it last forever.

No man is rich enough to buy back his past.

No man is rich enough to buy back his past.

Fathers should be neither seen nor heard. That is the only proper basis for family...

Fathers should be neither seen nor heard. That is the only proper basis for family...

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...

Genius is born, not paid.

Genius is born, not paid.

Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live; it is asking others to live...

Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live; it is asking others to live...

To regret one's own experiences is to arrest one's own development. To deny one's own...

To regret one's own experiences is to arrest one's own development. To deny one's own...

I am the only person in the world I should like to know thoroughly.

I am the only person in the world I should like to know thoroughly.

Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.

Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.

It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating.

It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating.