I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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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.

Alas, I am dying beyond my means.

Alas, I am dying beyond my means.

My duty as a gentleman has never interfered with my pleasures in the smallest degree.

My duty as a gentleman has never interfered with my pleasures in the smallest degree.

When I was young I thought that money was the most important thing in life;...

When I was young I thought that money was the most important thing in life;...

Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses...

Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses...

Until this moment, I never understood how hard it was to lose something you never...

Until this moment, I never understood how hard it was to lose something you never...

Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.

Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.

If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use...

If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use...

Ordinary riches can be stolen; real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things...

Ordinary riches can be stolen; real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things...

Conversation about the weather is the last refuge of the unimaginative.

Conversation about the weather is the last refuge of the unimaginative.

Simplicity is Beauty and Beauty is simplicity, nothing more, nothing less.

Simplicity is Beauty and Beauty is simplicity, nothing more, nothing less.

This suspense is terrible. I hope it will last.

This suspense is terrible. I hope it will last.

A man can be happy with any woman, as long as he does not love...

A man can be happy with any woman, as long as he does not love...

Genius is born, not paid.

Genius is born, not paid.

Biography lends to death a new terror.

Biography lends to death a new terror.

An optimist will tell you the glass is half-full; the pessimist, half-empty; and the engineer...

An optimist will tell you the glass is half-full; the pessimist, half-empty; and the engineer...

When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers.

When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers.

Women have a wonderful instinct about things. They can discover everything except the obvious.

Women have a wonderful instinct about things. They can discover everything except the obvious.

If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving an infant's...

If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving an infant's...

If you wish to know what a man is, place him in authority

If you wish to know what a man is, place him in authority