I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than anything else in the world.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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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 is a stage, but the play is badly cast.

The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast.

One can give a really unbiased opinion only about things that do not interest one

One can give a really unbiased opinion only about things that do not interest one

It is always a silly thing to give advice, but to give good advice is...

It is always a silly thing to give advice, but to give good advice is...

Questions are never indiscreet, answers sometimes are.

Questions are never indiscreet, answers sometimes are.

The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything. Except what is worth knowing. Journalism,...

The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything. Except what is worth knowing. Journalism,...

Shallow sorrows and shallow loves live on. The loves and sorrows that are great are...

Shallow sorrows and shallow loves live on. The loves and sorrows that are great are...

The only way a woman can ever reform her husband is by boring him so...

The only way a woman can ever reform her husband is by boring him so...

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...

All charming people, I fancy, are spoiled. It is the secret of their attraction.

All charming people, I fancy, are spoiled. It is the secret of their attraction.

Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that...

Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that...

Pleasure is Nature's test, her sign of approval. When man is happy, he is in...

Pleasure is Nature's test, her sign of approval. When man is happy, he is in...

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

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

Vulgarity is the conduct of other people, just as falsehoods are the truths of other...

Vulgarity is the conduct of other people, just as falsehoods are the truths of other...

The only reward for love is the experience of loving.

The only reward for love is the experience of loving.

Anybody can make history; only a great man can write it

Anybody can make history; only a great man can write it

History is merely gossip

History is merely gossip

No man is rich enough to buy back his past.

No man is rich enough to buy back his past.

The past can't hurt you anymore, not unless you let it.

The past can't hurt you anymore, not unless you let it.

We cannot change our past. We can not change the fact that people act in...

We cannot change our past. We can not change the fact that people act in...