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

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast.

The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast.

While we look to the dramatist to give romance to realism, we ask of the...

While we look to the dramatist to give romance to realism, we ask of the...

This suspense is terrible. I hope it will last.

This suspense is terrible. I hope it will last.

I always like to know everything about my new friends, and nothing about my old...

I always like to know everything about my new friends, and nothing about my old...

Genius is born, not paid.

Genius is born, not paid.

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.

I see when men love women. They give them but a little of their lives....

I see when men love women. They give them but a little of their lives....

If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use...

If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use...

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,...

A misanthrope I can understand - a womanthrope never

A misanthrope I can understand - a womanthrope never

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...

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

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

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.

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...

I do not approve of anything which tampers with natural ignorance

I do not approve of anything which tampers with natural ignorance

Women have a wonderful instinct about things. They can discover everything except the obvious.

Women have a wonderful instinct about things. They can discover everything except the obvious.

Men always want to be a woman's first love. Women have a more subtle instinct:...

Men always want to be a woman's first love. Women have a more subtle instinct:...

All that I desire to point out is the general principle that life imitates art...

All that I desire to point out is the general principle that life imitates art...

Important principles may and must be inflexible.

Important principles may and must be inflexible.

Glory built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt

Glory built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt