Murder is always a mistake - one should never do anything one cannot talk about after dinner

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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Now that the House of Commons is trying to become useful, it does a great...

Now that the House of Commons is trying to become useful, it does a great...

Questions are never indiscreet: answers sometimes are

Questions are never indiscreet: answers sometimes are

You are beautiful when you are happy.

You are beautiful when you are happy.

There is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves we feel no one else...

There is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves we feel no one else...

Women represent the triumph of matter over mind, just as men represent the triumph of...

Women represent the triumph of matter over mind, just as men represent the triumph of...

Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live...

Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live...

Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes, they...

Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes, they...

Between the optimist and the pessimist, the difference is droll. The optimist sees the doughnut;...

Between the optimist and the pessimist, the difference is droll. The optimist sees the doughnut;...

When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one's self, and one always...

When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one's self, and one always...

Temperament is the primary requisite for the critic - a temperament exquisitely susceptible to beauty,...

Temperament is the primary requisite for the critic - a temperament exquisitely susceptible to beauty,...

Who, being loved, is poor?

Who, being loved, is poor?

One's real life is often the life that one does not lead

One's real life is often the life that one does not lead

If one tells the truth, one is sure sooner or later to be found out

If one tells the truth, one is sure sooner or later to be found out

Bachelors should be heavily taxed. It is not fair that some men should be happier...

Bachelors should be heavily taxed. It is not fair that some men should be happier...

A man can't be too careful in the choice of his enemies.

A man can't be too careful in the choice of his enemies.

An excellent man; he has no enemies; and none of his friends like him.

An excellent man; he has no enemies; and none of his friends like him.

Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.

Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.

While democracy must have its organization and controls, its vital breath is individual liberty

While democracy must have its organization and controls, its vital breath is individual liberty

Democracy is based upon so childish a complex of fallacies that they must be protected...

Democracy is based upon so childish a complex of fallacies that they must be protected...

Those who abhors democracy would rarely immigrate to an authoritarian state if they have to.

Those who abhors democracy would rarely immigrate to an authoritarian state if they have to.

Every Frenchman wants to enjoy one or more privileges; that's the way he shows his...

Every Frenchman wants to enjoy one or more privileges; that's the way he shows his...

Men go to far greater lengths to avoid what they fear than to obtain what...

Men go to far greater lengths to avoid what they fear than to obtain what...

Real politics are the possession and distribution of power.

Real politics are the possession and distribution of power.