In modern life nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude. It makes the whole world kin.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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Nothing spoils a romance so much as a sense of humor in the woman

Nothing spoils a romance so much as a sense of humor in the woman

All that I desire to point out is the general principle that life imitates art...

All that I desire to point out is the general principle that life imitates art...

I have met a lot of hardboiled eggs in my time, but you're twenty minutes.

I have met a lot of hardboiled eggs in my time, but you're twenty minutes.

Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.

Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.

Vulgarity is simply the conduct of other people.

Vulgarity is simply the conduct of other people.

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.

Those whom the gods love grow young.

Those whom the gods love grow young.

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...

And he goes through life, his mouth open, and his mind closed.

And he goes through life, his mouth open, and his mind closed.

Religion is the fashionable substitute for belief

Religion is the fashionable substitute for belief

True friends stab you in the front.

True friends stab you in the front.

Plain women are always jealous of their husbands. Beautiful women never are. They are always...

Plain women are always jealous of their husbands. Beautiful women never are. They are always...

As long as a woman can look ten years younger than her own daughter, she...

As long as a woman can look ten years younger than her own daughter, she...

Where there is sorrow, there is holy ground

Where there is sorrow, there is holy ground

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

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

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

Beauty is a form of genius - is higher, indeed, than genius, as it needs...

Beauty is a form of genius - is higher, indeed, than genius, as it needs...

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.