It is only the modern that ever becomes old-fashioned.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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One can survive everything, nowadays, except death, and live down everything except a good reputation.

One can survive everything, nowadays, except death, and live down everything except a good reputation.

Simplicity is Beauty and Beauty is simplicity, nothing more, nothing less.

Simplicity is Beauty and Beauty is simplicity, nothing more, nothing less.

Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man's original virtue. It...

Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man's original virtue. It...

In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane.

In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane.

Vulgarity is simply the conduct of other people.

Vulgarity is simply the conduct of other people.

I don't at all like knowing what people say of me behind my back. It...

I don't at all like knowing what people say of me behind my back. 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...

What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise

What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise

God's eternal laws are kind-and break the heart of stone.

God's eternal laws are kind-and break the heart of stone.

Crying is the refuge of plain women but the ruin of pretty ones.

Crying is the refuge of plain women but the ruin of pretty ones.

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...

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...

Yes, I am a thorough republican. No other form of government is so favorable to...

Yes, I am a thorough republican. No other form of government is so favorable to...

Looking good and dressing well is a necessity. Having a purpose in life is not.

Looking good and dressing well is a necessity. Having a purpose in life is not.

This suspense is terrible. I hope it will last.

This suspense is terrible. I hope it will last.

We can have in life but one great experience at best, and the secret of...

We can have in life but one great experience at best, and the secret of...

Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.

Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.

Women love us for our defects. If we have enough of them, they will forgive...

Women love us for our defects. If we have enough of them, they will forgive...

The main difference between men and women is that men are lunatics and women are...

The main difference between men and women is that men are lunatics and women are...

Many women remain unmarried only because they were too smart to ever marry a man...

Many women remain unmarried only because they were too smart to ever marry a man...