It is better to be beautiful than to be good. But... it is better to be good than to be ugly.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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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,...

I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than...

I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than...

I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I...

I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I...

Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching.

Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching.

The critic has to educate the public; the artist has to educate the critic.

The critic has to educate the public; the artist has to educate the critic.

So never lose an opportunity of urging a practical beginning, however small, for it is...

So never lose an opportunity of urging a practical beginning, however small, for it is...

When I was young, I thought that money was the most important thing in life;...

When I was young, I thought that money was the most important thing in life;...

It is because Humanity has never known where it was going that it has been...

It is because Humanity has never known where it was going that it has been...

The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own...

The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own...

The sign of a Philistine age is the cry of immorality against art.

The sign of a Philistine age is the cry of immorality against art.

Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals.

Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals.

There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating; people who know absolutely...

There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating; people who know absolutely...

Memory is the diary that we all carry about with us.

Memory is the diary that we all carry about with us.

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

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

The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.

The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.

The worst form of tyranny the world has ever known the tyranny of the weak...

The worst form of tyranny the world has ever known the tyranny of the weak...

Young men want to be faithful, and are not; old men want to be faithless,...

Young men want to be faithful, and are not; old men want to be faithless,...

Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching.

Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching.

Learn everything you can, anytime you can, from anyone you can - there will always...

Learn everything you can, anytime you can, from anyone you can - there will always...

The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.

The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.

Give a man a fish you feed him for a day. Teach a man to...

Give a man a fish you feed him for a day. Teach a man to...

Education: That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of...

Education: That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of...