It is through art, and through art only, that we can realise our perfection.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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When liberty comes with hands dabbled in blood it is hard to shake hands with...

When liberty comes with hands dabbled in blood it is hard to shake hands with...

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,...

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...

Men always want to be a woman's first love - women like to be a...

Men always want to be a woman's first love - women like to be a...

His morality is all sympathy, just what morality should be

His morality is all sympathy, just what morality should be

Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses...

Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses...

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...

You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you...

You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you...

A red rose is not selfish because it wants to be a red rose. It...

A red rose is not selfish because it wants to be a red rose. It...

A man who does not think for himself does not think at all.

A man who does not think for himself does not think at all.

Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.

Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.

I can believe anything as long as it is incredible

I can believe anything as long as it is incredible

Deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.

Deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.

It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating.

It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating.

In America the young are always ready to give to those who are older than...

In America the young are always ready to give to those who are older than...

Don't give a woman advice: one should never give a woman anything she can't wear...

Don't give a woman advice: one should never give a woman anything she can't wear...

The world was my oyster but I used the wrong fork - Oscar Wilde

The world was my oyster but I used the wrong fork - Oscar Wilde

Extravagance is the luxury of the poor; penury is the luxury of the rich

Extravagance is the luxury of the poor; penury is the luxury of the rich

Nouveau riche is better than no riche.

Nouveau riche is better than no riche.

I was born ostentatious. They will list my name in the dictionary someday. They will...

I was born ostentatious. They will list my name in the dictionary someday. They will...

When I'm living in the world of luxury and celebrity, which is where I found...

When I'm living in the world of luxury and celebrity, which is where I found...