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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Woman begins by resisting a man's advances and ends up blocking his retreat.

Woman begins by resisting a man's advances and ends up blocking his retreat.

Most men and women are forced to perform parts for which they have no qualification.

Most men and women are forced to perform parts for which they have no qualification.

While we look to the dramatist to give romance to realism, we ask of the...

While we look to the dramatist to give romance to realism, we ask of the...

A man's face is his autobiography. A woman's face is her work of fiction.

A man's face is his autobiography. A woman's face is her work of fiction.

Music makes one feel so romantic - at least it always gets on one's nerves...

Music makes one feel so romantic - at least it always gets on one's nerves...

Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit.

Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit.

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

Life is never fair, and perhaps it is a good thing for most of us...

Life is never fair, and perhaps it is a good thing for most of us...

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...

Our ambition should be to rule ourselves, the true kingdom for each one of us;...

Our ambition should be to rule ourselves, the true kingdom for each one of us;...

Why was I born with such contemporaries?

Why was I born with such contemporaries?

It was only a sunny smile and little it cost in the giving but like...

It was only a sunny smile and little it cost in the giving but like...

I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my...

I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my...

What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise

What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise

There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that...

There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that...

All charming people, I fancy, are spoiled. It is the secret of their attraction.

All charming people, I fancy, are spoiled. It is the secret of their attraction.

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...

The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.

The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.

Thank you, God, for this good life and forgive us if we do not love...

Thank you, God, for this good life and forgive us if we do not love...

There's a tear in his eye that refuses to fall. If it would land on...

There's a tear in his eye that refuses to fall. If it would land on...