Musical people always want one to be perfectly dumb at the very moment when one is longing to be perfectly deaf

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally.

A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally.

These days man knows the price of everything, but the value of nothing.

These days man knows the price of everything, but the value of nothing.

If the poor only had profiles there would be no difficulty in solving the problem...

If the poor only had profiles there would be no difficulty in solving the problem...

What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value...

What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value...

God and other artists are always a little obscure.

God and other artists are always a little obscure.

How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on...

How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on...

All art is quite useless.

All art is quite useless.

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...

Men become old, but they never become good

Men become old, but they never become good

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.

The sign of a Philistine age is the cry of immorality against art.

The sign of a Philistine age is the cry of immorality against art.

My great mistake, the fault for which I can't forgive myself, is that one day...

My great mistake, the fault for which I can't forgive myself, is that one day...

Everything popular is wrong.

Everything popular is wrong.

The consciousness of loving and being loved brings a warmth and richness to life that...

The consciousness of loving and being loved brings a warmth and richness to life that...

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.

Only the shallow know themselves.

Only the shallow know themselves.

An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.

An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.

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

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

Death and vulgarity are the only two facts in the nineteenth century that one cannot...

Death and vulgarity are the only two facts in the nineteenth century that one cannot...

It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating.

It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating.