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

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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I have nothing to declare except my genius.

I have nothing to declare except my genius.

If one tells the truth, one is sure sooner or later to be found out

If one tells the truth, one is sure sooner or later to be found out

How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on...

How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on...

The heart was made to be broken.

The heart was made to be broken.

There is no sin except stupidity.

There is no sin except stupidity.

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.

Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds.

Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds.

No woman should ever be quite accurate about her age. It looks so calculating.

No woman should ever be quite accurate about her age. It looks so calculating.

It (cricket) requires one to assume such indecent postures

It (cricket) requires one to assume such indecent postures

In the world there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants,...

In the world there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants,...

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

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

To love one's self is the beginning of a life-long romance

To love one's self is the beginning of a life-long romance

I can sympathize with everything, except suffering.

I can sympathize with everything, except suffering.

It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances

It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances

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.

I can stand brute force, but brute reason is quite unbearable. There is something unfair...

I can stand brute force, but brute reason is quite unbearable. There is something unfair...

You are beautiful when you are happy.

You are beautiful when you are happy.

Judges, like the criminal classes, have their lighter moments

Judges, like the criminal classes, have their lighter moments

That trial is not fair where affection is judge

That trial is not fair where affection is judge

It is not permitted to the most equitable of men to be a judge in...

It is not permitted to the most equitable of men to be a judge in...

There are two ways of disliking poetry; one way is to dislike it, the other...

There are two ways of disliking poetry; one way is to dislike it, the other...