Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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Simplicity is Beauty and Beauty is simplicity, nothing more, nothing less.

Simplicity is Beauty and Beauty is simplicity, nothing more, nothing less.

Don't give a woman advice: one should never give a woman anything she can't wear...

Don't give a woman advice: one should never give a woman anything she can't wear...

A woman will flirt with anybody in the world as long as other people are...

A woman will flirt with anybody in the world as long as other people are...

Religion is the fashionable substitute for belief

Religion is the fashionable substitute for belief

What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise

What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise

Biography lends to death a new terror.

Biography lends to death a new terror.

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...

Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow.

Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow.

You know what a woman's curiosity is

You know what a woman's curiosity is

Only the shallow know themselves.

Only the shallow know themselves.

One should always be in love. That is the reason one should never marry.

One should always be in love. That is the reason one should never marry.

Seriousness is the last refuge of the shallow.

Seriousness is the last refuge of the shallow.

Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals.

Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals.

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...

Extravagance is the luxury of the poor; penury is the luxury of the rich

Extravagance is the luxury of the poor; penury is the luxury of the rich

In America the President reigns for four years, and Journalism governs forever and ever.

In America the President reigns for four years, and Journalism governs forever and ever.

God's eternal laws are kind-and break the heart of stone.

God's eternal laws are kind-and break the heart of stone.

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.

How marriage ruins a man! It is as demoralizing as cigarettes, and far more expensive.

How marriage ruins a man! It is as demoralizing as cigarettes, and far more expensive.

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.