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

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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

The truth is rarely pure and never simple.

The truth is rarely pure and never simple.

People who count their chickens before they are hatched, act very wisely, because chickens run...

People who count their chickens before they are hatched, act very wisely, because chickens run...

To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like...

To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like...

Why was I born with such contemporaries?

Why was I born with such contemporaries?

The face of the enemy frightens me only when I see how much it resembles...

The face of the enemy frightens me only when I see how much it resembles...

A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally.

A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally.

The only real people are the people who never existed

The only real people are the people who never existed

Nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude

Nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude

Those who are faithful know only the trivial side of love: it is the faithless...

Those who are faithful know only the trivial side of love: it is the faithless...

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...

Religion is the fashionable substitute for belief

Religion is the fashionable substitute for belief

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...

I like men who have a future and women who have a past.

I like men who have a future and women who have a past.

Truth, in matters of religion, is simply the opinion that has survived

Truth, in matters of religion, is simply the opinion that has survived

Any preoccupation with ideas of what is right or wrong in conduct shows an arrested...

Any preoccupation with ideas of what is right or wrong in conduct shows an arrested...

A poet can survive everything but a misprint.

A poet can survive everything but a misprint.

The consciousness of loving and being loved brings a warmth and richness to life that...

The consciousness of loving and being loved brings a warmth and richness to life that...

When we meditate, we are aligning our energy fields to a divine consciousness of love.

When we meditate, we are aligning our energy fields to a divine consciousness of love.

Never be neutral, always remain vigilant, in allowing your political consciousness to spread through your...

Never be neutral, always remain vigilant, in allowing your political consciousness to spread through your...

Where we love is home, home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts.

Where we love is home, home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts.

My hopes are so high, that your kiss might kill me. So won't you kill...

My hopes are so high, that your kiss might kill me. So won't you kill...