Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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One should never trust a woman who tells her real age. If she tells that,...

One should never trust a woman who tells her real age. If she tells that,...

Skepticism is the beginning of faith.

Skepticism is the beginning of faith.

Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing.

Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing.

Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.

Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.

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...

Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast.

Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast.

Scandal is gossip made tedious by morality

Scandal is gossip made tedious by morality

There is nothing so difficult to marry as a large nose.

There is nothing so difficult to marry as a large nose.

There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well...

There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well...

With an evening coat and a white tie, anybody, even a stockbroker, can gain a...

With an evening coat and a white tie, anybody, even a stockbroker, can gain a...

Pleasure is Nature's test, her sign of approval. When man is happy, he is in...

Pleasure is Nature's test, her sign of approval. When man is happy, he is in...

If one plays good music, people don't listen and if one plays bad music people...

If one plays good music, people don't listen and if one plays bad music people...

I see when men love women. They give them but a little of their lives....

I see when men love women. They give them but a little of their lives....

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...

To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.

To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.

I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than...

I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than...

Men marry because they are tired; women, because they are curious; both are disappointed.

Men marry because they are tired; women, because they are curious; both are disappointed.

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...

I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in...

I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in...

Musical people always want one to be perfectly dumb at the very moment when one...

Musical people always want one to be perfectly dumb at the very moment when one...