It is only by not paying one's bills that one can hope to live in the memory of the commercial classes.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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Musical people always want one to be perfectly dumb at the very moment when one...

Musical people always want one to be perfectly dumb at the very moment when one...

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my...

I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my...

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

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.

Shallow sorrows and shallow loves live on. The loves and sorrows that are great are...

Shallow sorrows and shallow loves live on. The loves and sorrows that are great are...

We are each our own devil, and we make this world our hell

We are each our own devil, and we make this world our hell

Nothing is so aggravating than calmness.

Nothing is so aggravating than calmness.

Religions die when they are proved to be true. Science is the record of dead...

Religions die when they are proved to be true. Science is the record of dead...

His morality is all sympathy, just what morality should be

His morality is all sympathy, just what morality should be

Good taste is the excuse I've always given for leading such a bad life.

Good taste is the excuse I've always given for leading such a bad life.

Popularity is the one insult I have never suffered.

Popularity is the one insult I have never suffered.

Appearance blinds, whereas words reveal.

Appearance blinds, whereas words reveal.

People who love only once in their lives are. . . shallow people. What they...

People who love only once in their lives are. . . shallow people. What they...

Young people, nowadays, imagine that money is everything, and when they grow older, they know...

Young people, nowadays, imagine that money is everything, and when they grow older, they know...

It is only the modern that ever becomes old fashioned.

It is only the modern that ever becomes old fashioned.

It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will...

It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will...

Perhaps, after all, America never has been discovered. I myself would say that it had...

Perhaps, after all, America never has been discovered. I myself would say that it had...

The cynic knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.

The cynic knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.

I suppose society is wonderfully delightful. To be in it is merely a bore. But...

I suppose society is wonderfully delightful. To be in it is merely a bore. But...