Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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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...

Everything will change. The only question is growing up or decaying.

Everything will change. The only question is growing up or decaying.

Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching.

Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching.

I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I...

I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I...

Everything popular is wrong.

Everything popular is wrong.

How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on...

How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on...

To regret one's own experiences is to arrest one's own development. To deny one's own...

To regret one's own experiences is to arrest one's own development. To deny one's own...

Romance should never begin with sentiment. It should begin with science and end with a...

Romance should never begin with sentiment. It should begin with science and end with a...

Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live; it is asking others to live...

Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live; it is asking others to live...

True friends stab you in the front.

True friends stab you in the front.

Love is like a booger. You keep picking at it until you get it, then...

Love is like a booger. You keep picking at it until you get it, then...

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...

I don't at all like knowing what people say of me behind my back. It...

I don't at all like knowing what people say of me behind my back. It...

If there is anything in the world more annoying than having people talk about you,...

If there is anything in the world more annoying than having people talk about you,...

In examinations, the foolish ask questions the wise cannot answer.

In examinations, the foolish ask questions the wise cannot answer.

Ordinary riches can be stolen; real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things...

Ordinary riches can be stolen; real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things...

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.

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.

Egotism is not a good quality. It's not something to be admired or even tolerated....

Egotism is not a good quality. It's not something to be admired or even tolerated....

If egotism means a terrific interest in one's self, egotism is absolutely essential to efficient...

If egotism means a terrific interest in one's self, egotism is absolutely essential to efficient...

In school I was never the class clown, but more the class trapeze artist. I...

In school I was never the class clown, but more the class trapeze artist. I...