Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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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...

Men always want to be a woman's first love. Women have a more subtle instinct:...

Men always want to be a woman's first love. Women have a more subtle instinct:...

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...

These days man knows the price of everything, but the value of nothing.

These days man knows the price of everything, but the value of nothing.

Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time...

Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time...

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...

When I was young, I thought that money was the most important thing in life;...

When I was young, I thought that money was the most important thing in life;...

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

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

To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.

To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.

It was the passions about whose origin we deceived ourselves that tyrannized most strongly over...

It was the passions about whose origin we deceived ourselves that tyrannized most strongly over...

Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.

Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.

Thinking is the most unhealthy thing in the world, and people die of it just...

Thinking is the most unhealthy thing in the world, and people die of it just...

There's nothing in the world like the devotion of a married woman. It's a thing...

There's nothing in the world like the devotion of a married woman. It's a thing...

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...

Her love was trembling in laughter on her lips.

Her love was trembling in laughter on her lips.

When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers.

When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers.

I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.

I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.

No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly.

No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly.

Never say there is nothing beautiful in the world anymore. There is always something to...

Never say there is nothing beautiful in the world anymore. There is always something to...

The world is beautiful if you are beautiful.

The world is beautiful if you are beautiful.

The people and circumstances around me do not make me what I am, they reveal...

The people and circumstances around me do not make me what I am, they reveal...

I'm so ugly - I worked in a pet shop, and people kept asking how...

I'm so ugly - I worked in a pet shop, and people kept asking how...