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

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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One of the many lessons that one learns in prison is, that things are what...

One of the many lessons that one learns in prison is, that things are what...

There is no necessity to separate the monarch from the mob; all authority is equally...

There is no necessity to separate the monarch from the mob; all authority is equally...

Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses...

Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses...

Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.

Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.

Nothing makes one so vain as being told one is a sinner. Conscience makes egotists...

Nothing makes one so vain as being told one is a sinner. Conscience makes egotists...

The soul is born old but grows young. That is the comedy of life. And...

The soul is born old but grows young. That is the comedy of life. And...

No, I am not at all cynical, I have merely got experience, which, however, is...

No, I am not at all cynical, I have merely got experience, which, however, is...

Men always want to be a woman's first love. That is their clumsy vanity. We...

Men always want to be a woman's first love. That is their clumsy vanity. We...

Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same.

Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same.

35 is a very attractive age. London society is full of women of the very...

35 is a very attractive age. London society is full of women of the very...

It is only the modern that ever becomes old fashioned.

It is only the modern that ever becomes old fashioned.

There's nothing in the world like the devotion of a married woman. It's a thing...

There's nothing in the world like the devotion of a married woman. It's a thing...

The typewriting machine, when played with expression, is no more annoying than the piano when...

The typewriting machine, when played with expression, is no more annoying than the piano when...

Journalism justifies its own existence by the great Darwinian principle of the survival of the...

Journalism justifies its own existence by the great Darwinian principle of the survival of the...

Of course the music is a great difficulty. You see, if one plays good music,...

Of course the music is a great difficulty. You see, if one plays good music,...

There is always something ridiculous about the emotions of people whom one has ceased to...

There is always something ridiculous about the emotions of people whom one has ceased to...

Simple pleasures are always the last refuge of the complex

Simple pleasures are always the last refuge of the complex

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...

In Genoa, the word, libertas can be read on the front of prisons and on...

In Genoa, the word, libertas can be read on the front of prisons and on...

Toleration and liberty are the foundations of a great republic.

Toleration and liberty are the foundations of a great republic.

A revolution is interesting insofar as it avoids like the plague the plague it promised...

A revolution is interesting insofar as it avoids like the plague the plague it promised...

Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of...

Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of...