Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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Conscience and cowardice are really the same things. Conscience is the trade-name of the firm....

Conscience and cowardice are really the same things. Conscience is the trade-name of the firm....

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...

Women are meant to be loved, not to be understood.

Women are meant to be loved, not to be understood.

Young people, nowadays, imagine that money is everything, and when they grow older, they know...

Young people, nowadays, imagine that money is everything, and when they grow older, they know...

No man is rich enough to buy back his past.

No man is rich enough to buy back his past.

Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses...

Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses...

To love oneself is the beginning of a life-long romance.

To love oneself is the beginning of a life-long romance.

Most men and women are forced to perform parts for which they have no qualification.

Most men and women are forced to perform parts for which they have no qualification.

There is much to be said in favour of modern journalism. By giving us the...

There is much to be said in favour of modern journalism. By giving us the...

The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.

The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.

To love oneself is the beginning of a life-long romance

To love oneself is the beginning of a life-long romance

Talk to every woman as if you loved her, and to every man as if...

Talk to every woman as if you loved her, and to every man as if...

I think that God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability.

I think that God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability.

There is always something ridiculous about the emotions of people whom one has ceased to...

There is always something ridiculous about the emotions of people whom one has ceased to...

Selfishness is not living as one wisheThe cynic knows the price of everything and the...

Selfishness is not living as one wisheThe cynic knows the price of everything and the...

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:...

Deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.

Deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.

I dislike arguments of any kind. They are always vulgar, and often convincing.

I dislike arguments of any kind. They are always vulgar, and often convincing.

I wouldn't mind the arguments if making up was guaranteed.

I wouldn't mind the arguments if making up was guaranteed.

Arguments are extremely vulgar, for everyone in good society holds exactly the same opinion.

Arguments are extremely vulgar, for everyone in good society holds exactly the same opinion.

Courtship is to marriage, as a very witty prologue to a very dull play.

Courtship is to marriage, as a very witty prologue to a very dull play.