People sometimes inquire what form of government is most suitable for an artist to live under. To this question there is only one answer. The form of government that is most suitable to the artist is no government at all.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Government Quotes

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

A man can be happy with any woman, as long as he does not love...

A man can be happy with any woman, as long as he does not love...

Insincerity is merely a method by which we can multiply our personalities

Insincerity is merely a method by which we can multiply our personalities

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...

We are each our own devil, and we make this world our hell

We are each our own devil, and we make this world our hell

If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use...

If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use...

If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use...

If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use...

Wickedness is a myth invented by good people to account for the curious attractiveness of...

Wickedness is a myth invented by good people to account for the curious attractiveness of...

As long as a woman can look ten years younger than her own daughter, she...

As long as a woman can look ten years younger than her own daughter, she...

One can survive everything, nowadays, except death, and live down everything except a good reputation.

One can survive everything, nowadays, except death, and live down everything except a good reputation.

They afterwards took me to a dancing saloon where I saw the only rational method...

They afterwards took me to a dancing saloon where I saw the only rational method...

The condition of perfection is idleness: the aim of perfection is youth.

The condition of perfection is idleness: the aim of perfection is youth.

Ambition is the last refuge of failure.

Ambition is the last refuge of failure.

Plain women are always jealous of their husbands. Beautiful women never are. They are always...

Plain women are always jealous of their husbands. Beautiful women never are. They are always...

Conversation should touch everything, but should concentrate itself on nothing.

Conversation should touch everything, but should concentrate itself on nothing.

You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you...

You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you...

When liberty comes with hands dabbled in blood it is hard to shake hands with...

When liberty comes with hands dabbled in blood it is hard to shake hands with...

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,...

Using a metaphor in front of a man as unimaginative as Ridcully was like a...

Using a metaphor in front of a man as unimaginative as Ridcully was like a...

If you can't annoy somebody, there's little point in writing.

If you can't annoy somebody, there's little point in writing.