Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people whom we personally dislike.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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Genius is born, not paid.

Genius is born, not paid.

I like men who have a future and women who have a past.

I like men who have a future and women who have a past.

In the wild struggle for existance, we want to have something that endures, and so...

In the wild struggle for existance, we want to have something that endures, and so...

All great ideas are dangerous.

All great ideas are dangerous.

Few parents nowadays pay any regard to what their children say to them. The old...

Few parents nowadays pay any regard to what their children say to them. The old...

And he goes through life, his mouth open, and his mind closed.

And he goes through life, his mouth open, and his mind closed.

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.

Marriage is not a word; it is a sentence

Marriage is not a word; it is a sentence

Music makes one feel so romantic - at least it always gets on one's nerves...

Music makes one feel so romantic - at least it always gets on one's nerves...

Woman begins by resisting a man's advances and ends by blocking his retreat

Woman begins by resisting a man's advances and ends by blocking his retreat

It was the passions about whose origin we deceived ourselves that tyrannized most strongly over...

It was the passions about whose origin we deceived ourselves that tyrannized most strongly over...

The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.

The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.

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,...

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

Love is not a clock. You simply cannot take it apart just to see what...

Love is not a clock. You simply cannot take it apart just to see what...

They afterwards took me to a dancing saloon where I saw the only rational method...

They afterwards took me to a dancing saloon where I saw the only rational method...

If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend...

If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend...

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...

Give us the luxuries of life, and we will dispense with its necessaries

Give us the luxuries of life, and we will dispense with its necessaries