Perhaps, after all, America never has been discovered. I myself would say that it had merely been detected.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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Women are made to be loved, not understood.

Women are made to be loved, not understood.

Anybody can make history; only a great man can write it

Anybody can make history; only a great man can write it

Simple pleasures are always the last refuge of the complex

Simple pleasures are always the last refuge of the complex

An acquaintance that begins with a compliment is sure to develop into a real friendship.

An acquaintance that begins with a compliment is sure to develop into a real friendship.

Men become old, but they never become good

Men become old, but they never become good

It is only the modern that ever becomes old-fashioned.

It is only the modern that ever becomes old-fashioned.

It is always the unreadable that occurs.

It is always the unreadable that occurs.

He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.

He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.

Questions are never indiscreet, answers sometimes are.

Questions are never indiscreet, answers sometimes are.

The secret of life is to appreciate the pleasure of being terribly deceived

The secret of life is to appreciate the pleasure of being terribly deceived

I don't like compliments, and I don't see why a man should think he is...

I don't like compliments, and I don't see why a man should think he is...

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.

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

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

Good resolutions are simply checks that men draw on a bank where they have no...

Good resolutions are simply checks that men draw on a bank where they have no...

Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.

Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.

Men of thoughts should have nothing to do with action

Men of thoughts should have nothing to do with action

In America, the young are always ready to give to those older than themselves the...

In America, the young are always ready to give to those older than themselves the...

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...

Do not crush the flowers of wisdom with the hobnail boots of cynicism.

Do not crush the flowers of wisdom with the hobnail boots of cynicism.

No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American middle class.

No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American middle class.

No man can purchase his virtue too dear, for it is the only thing whose...

No man can purchase his virtue too dear, for it is the only thing whose...