Music is the art which is most nigh to tears and memory.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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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...

The world is divided into two classes, those who believe the incredible, and those who...

The world is divided into two classes, those who believe the incredible, and those who...

Those whom the gods love grow young.

Those whom the gods love grow young.

A man who moralizes is usually a hypocrite, and a woman who moralizes is invariably...

A man who moralizes is usually a hypocrite, and a woman who moralizes is invariably...

In modern life nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude. It makes the...

In modern life nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude. It makes the...

I don't at all like knowing what people say of me behind my back. It...

I don't at all like knowing what people say of me behind my back. It...

There are two ways of disliking poetry; one way is to dislike it, the other...

There are two ways of disliking poetry; one way is to dislike it, the other...

Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.

Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.

Those who try to lead the people can only do so by following the mob

Those who try to lead the people can only do so by following the mob

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...

I have made an important discovery... that alcohol, taken in sufficient quantities, produces all the...

I have made an important discovery... that alcohol, taken in sufficient quantities, produces all the...

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

All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his.

All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his.

It is because Humanity has never known where it was going that it has been...

It is because Humanity has never known where it was going that it has been...

It's beauty that captures your attention; personality which captures your heart.

It's beauty that captures your attention; personality which captures your heart.

Who, being loved, is poor?

Who, being loved, is poor?

The final mystery is oneself.

The final mystery is oneself.

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...

It belongs to American liberty to separate entirely from the political government the institution which...

It belongs to American liberty to separate entirely from the political government the institution which...

Liberty is the right to do what the law permits

Liberty is the right to do what the law permits

When we don't know who to hate, we hate ourselves.

When we don't know who to hate, we hate ourselves.

I give the name violence to a boldness lying idle and enamored of danger.

I give the name violence to a boldness lying idle and enamored of danger.