In America the young are always ready to give to those who are older than themselves the full benefits of their inexperience.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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The supreme object of life is to live. Few people live. It is true life...

The supreme object of life is to live. Few people live. It is true life...

All trials are trials for one's life, just as all sentences are sentences of death.

All trials are trials for one's life, just as all sentences are sentences of death.

Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching.

Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching.

Simple pleasures are always the last refuge of the complex

Simple pleasures are always the last refuge of the complex

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...

Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast.

Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast.

The world has grown suspicious of anything that looks like a happily married life.

The world has grown suspicious of anything that looks like a happily married life.

When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one's self, and one always...

When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one's self, and one always...

What people call insincerity is simply a method by which we can multiply our personalities.

What people call insincerity is simply a method by which we can multiply our personalities.

No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly.

No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly.

Only the shallow know themselves.

Only the shallow know themselves.

This suspense is terrible. I hope it will last.

This suspense is terrible. I hope it will last.

Men of thoughts should have nothing to do with action

Men of thoughts should have nothing to do with action

Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.

Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.

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 don't like compliments, and I don't see why a man should think he is...

I don't like compliments, and I don't see why a man should think he is...

Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of...

Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of...

A mans face is his autobiography. A women's face is her work of fiction.

A mans face is his autobiography. A women's face is her work of fiction.