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

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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No, I am not at all cynical, I have merely got experience, which, however, is...

No, I am not at all cynical, I have merely got experience, which, however, is...

It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will...

It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will...

Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.

Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.

Conversation should touch everything, but should concentrate itself on nothing.

Conversation should touch everything, but should concentrate itself on nothing.

Extravagance is the luxury of the poor; penury is the luxury of the rich

Extravagance is the luxury of the poor; penury is the luxury of the rich

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...

Arguments are extremely vulgar, for everyone in good society holds exactly the same opinion.

Arguments are extremely vulgar, for everyone in good society holds exactly the same opinion.

Insincerity is merely a method by which we can multiply our personalities

Insincerity is merely a method by which we can multiply our personalities

Alas, I am dying beyond my means.

Alas, I am dying beyond my means.

A man's face is his autobiography. A woman's face is her work of fiction.

A man's face is his autobiography. A woman's face is her work of fiction.

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.

No man is rich enough to buy back his past.

No man is rich enough to buy back his past.

The soul is born old but grows young. That is the comedy of life. And...

The soul is born old but grows young. That is the comedy of life. And...

I see when men love women. They give them but a little of their lives....

I see when men love women. They give them but a little of their lives....

I hope you have not been leading a double life, pretending to be wicked and...

I hope you have not been leading a double life, pretending to be wicked and...

One's real life is often the life that one does not lead

One's real life is often the life that one does not lead

Experience is the name every one gives to their mistakes.

Experience is the name every one gives to their mistakes.

To expect the unexpected shows a thoroughly modern intellect.

To expect the unexpected shows a thoroughly modern intellect.

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...

Nothing is so aggravating than calmness.

Nothing is so aggravating than calmness.