Nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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An inordinate passion for pleasure is the secret of remaining young

An inordinate passion for pleasure is the secret of remaining young

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...

The one charm about marriage is that it makes a life of deception absolutely necessary...

The one charm about marriage is that it makes a life of deception absolutely necessary...

You know what a woman's curiosity is.

You know what a woman's curiosity is.

Art is the most intense mode of invidualism that the world has known.

Art is the most intense mode of invidualism that the world has known.

Arguments are to be avoided; they are always vulgar and often convincing

Arguments are to be avoided; they are always vulgar and often convincing

Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities.

Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities.

Fathers should be neither seen nor heard. That is the only proper basis for family...

Fathers should be neither seen nor heard. That is the only proper basis for family...

One should never make one's debut in a scandal. One should reserve that to give...

One should never make one's debut in a scandal. One should reserve that to give...

Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.

Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.

No man is rich enough to buy back his past.

No man is rich enough to buy back his past.

Twenty years of romance makes a woman look like a ruin; but twenty years of...

Twenty years of romance makes a woman look like a ruin; but twenty years of...

Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every...

Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every...

Women love us for our defects. If we have enough of them, they will forgive...

Women love us for our defects. If we have enough of them, they will forgive...

It takes a thoroughly good woman to do a thoroughly stupid thing

It takes a thoroughly good woman to do a thoroughly stupid thing

If you are not too long, I will wait here for you all my life.

If you are not too long, I will wait here for you all my life.

Why was I born with such contemporaries?

Why was I born with such contemporaries?

There is nothing so difficult to marry as a large nose.

There is nothing so difficult to marry as a large nose.

Husband: Tell me an Interesting fact that will make me happy and sad at the...

Husband: Tell me an Interesting fact that will make me happy and sad at the...

If variety is the spice of life, marriage is the big can of leftover Spam.

If variety is the spice of life, marriage is the big can of leftover Spam.