In America the President reigns for four years, and Journalism governs forever and ever.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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True friends stab you in the front.

True friends stab you in the front.

Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry,...

Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry,...

The past is of no importance. The present is of no importance. It is with...

The past is of no importance. The present is of no importance. It is with...

There is no necessity to separate the monarch from the mob; all authority is equally...

There is no necessity to separate the monarch from the mob; all authority is equally...

Ah, well, then I suppose I shall have to die beyond my means.

Ah, well, then I suppose I shall have to die beyond my means.

Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.

Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.

Truth, in matters of religion, is simply the opinion that has survived

Truth, in matters of religion, is simply the opinion that has survived

There is no such thing as a good influence. Because to influence a person is...

There is no such thing as a good influence. Because to influence a person is...

God's eternal laws are kind-and break the heart of stone.

God's eternal laws are kind-and break the heart of stone.

What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise

What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise

There is luxury in self reproach. When we blame ourselves, we feel no one else...

There is luxury in self reproach. When we blame ourselves, we feel no one else...

The one charm about marriage is that it makes a life of deception absolutely necessary...

The one charm about marriage is that it makes a life of deception absolutely necessary...

One should never make one's debut in a scandal. One should reserve that to give...

One should never make one's debut in a scandal. One should reserve that to give...

When a man has once loved a woman he will do anything for her except...

When a man has once loved a woman he will do anything for her except...

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...

Don't give a woman advice: one should never give a woman anything she can't wear...

Don't give a woman advice: one should never give a woman anything she can't wear...

Nowadays most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it...

Nowadays most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it...

I have nothing to declare except my genius.

I have nothing to declare except my genius.

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.

If some really acute observer made as much of egotism as Freud has made of...

If some really acute observer made as much of egotism as Freud has made of...

Genius creates, and taste preserves. Taste is the good sense of genius; without taste, genius...

Genius creates, and taste preserves. Taste is the good sense of genius; without taste, genius...

Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning...

Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning...