Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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Nothing is so aggravating than calmness.

Nothing is so aggravating than calmness.

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

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

Biography lends to death a new terror.

Biography lends to death a new terror.

I am the only person in the world I should like to know thoroughly.

I am the only person in the world I should like to know thoroughly.

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

Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic.

Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic.

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

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

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

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

My wife and I no longer have anything in common but our differences.

My wife and I no longer have anything in common but our differences.

Conversation about the weather is the last refuge of the unimaginative.

Conversation about the weather is the last refuge of the unimaginative.

Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry,...

Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry,...

Music makes one feel so romantic - at least it always gets on one's nerves...

Music makes one feel so romantic - at least it always gets on one's nerves...

Now it seems to me that love of some kind is the only possible explanation...

Now it seems to me that love of some kind is the only possible explanation...

We live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities.

We live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities.

The old believe everything; the middle aged suspect everything: the young know everything.

The old believe everything; the middle aged suspect everything: the young know everything.

Nature is always behind the age

Nature is always behind the age

No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would...

No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would...

All art is quite useless.

All art is quite useless.

We have lost the art of living, and in the most important science of all,...

We have lost the art of living, and in the most important science of all,...

An artist is not paid for his labor but for his vision.

An artist is not paid for his labor but for his vision.