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

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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Where there is sorrow, there is holy ground

Where there is sorrow, there is holy ground

I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it....

I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it....

If one could only teach the English how to talk, and the Irish how to...

If one could only teach the English how to talk, and the Irish how to...

The difference between literature and journalism is that journalism is unreadable, and literature is not...

The difference between literature and journalism is that journalism is unreadable, and literature is not...

Alas, I am dying beyond my means.

Alas, I am dying beyond my means.

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...

It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances

It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances

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

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

Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast.

Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast.

Selfishness is not living as one wisheThe cynic knows the price of everything and the...

Selfishness is not living as one wisheThe cynic knows the price of everything and the...

The truth is rarely pure and never simple.

The truth is rarely pure and never simple.

Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask,...

Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask,...

He lives the poetry that he cannot write. The others write the poetry that they...

He lives the poetry that he cannot write. The others write the poetry that they...

You know what a woman's curiosity is

You know what a woman's curiosity is

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.

All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his.

All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his.

Women represent the triumph of matter over mind, just as men represent the triumph of...

Women represent the triumph of matter over mind, just as men represent the triumph of...

True friends stab you in the front.

True friends stab you in the front.

True friendship is like sound health, the value is seldom appreciated until it is lost.

True friendship is like sound health, the value is seldom appreciated until it is lost.

The disappointment of losing is huge.

The disappointment of losing is huge.