Nothing is so aggravating than calmness.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of...

Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of...

Who, being loved, is poor?

Who, being loved, is poor?

Arguments are to be avoided: they are always vulgar and often convincing.

Arguments are to be avoided: they are always vulgar and often convincing.

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...

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...

Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses...

Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses...

Anybody can be good in the country

Anybody can be good in the country

From the point of view of literature Mr. Kipling is a genius who drops his...

From the point of view of literature Mr. Kipling is a genius who drops his...

Biography lends to death a new terror.

Biography lends to death a new terror.

When good Americans die they go to Paris.

When good Americans die they go to Paris.

My own business always bores me to death; I prefer other people's

My own business always bores me to death; I prefer other people's

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

True friends stab you in the front.

True friends stab you in the front.

Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.

Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.

Nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude

Nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude

I love talking about nothing. It is the only thing I know anything about.

I love talking about nothing. It is the only thing I know anything about.

The security of Society lies in custom and unconscious instinct, and the basis of the...

The security of Society lies in custom and unconscious instinct, and the basis of the...

Faithfulness is to the emotional life what consistency is to the life of the intellect...

Faithfulness is to the emotional life what consistency is to the life of the intellect...

Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you.

Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you.

You can do very little with faith, but you can do nothing without it.

You can do very little with faith, but you can do nothing without it.