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

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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Musical people always want one to be perfectly dumb at the very moment when one...

Musical people always want one to be perfectly dumb at the very moment when one...

I sometimes think that God in creating man somewhat overestimated his ability.

I sometimes think that God in creating man somewhat overestimated his ability.

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

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

The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple.

The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple.

The salesman knows nothing of what he is selling save that he is charging a...

The salesman knows nothing of what he is selling save that he is charging a...

Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit.

Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit.

We degenerate into hideous puppets, haunted by the memory of the passions of which we...

We degenerate into hideous puppets, haunted by the memory of the passions of which we...

I can resist everything except temptation.

I can resist everything except temptation.

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

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

In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane.

In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane.

One's past is what one is. It is the only way by which people should...

One's past is what one is. It is the only way by which people should...

While to the claims of charity a man may yield and yet be free, to...

While to the claims of charity a man may yield and yet be free, to...

Only the shallow know themselves.

Only the shallow know themselves.

It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or...

It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or...

The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it's dead for you.

The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it's dead for you.

Men of thoughts should have nothing to do with action

Men of thoughts should have nothing to do with action

The condition of perfection is idleness: the aim of perfection is youth.

The condition of perfection is idleness: the aim of perfection is youth.

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

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

Marriage is a ghastly public confession of a strictly private intention

Marriage is a ghastly public confession of a strictly private intention

Marriage is a lottery in which men stake their liberty and women their happiness

Marriage is a lottery in which men stake their liberty and women their happiness