Plain women are always jealous of their husbands. Beautiful women never are. They are always so occupied with being jealous of other women's husbands.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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A man who is master of himself can end a sorrow as easily as he...

A man who is master of himself can end a sorrow as easily as he...

Ordinary riches can be stolen; real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things...

Ordinary riches can be stolen; real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things...

There is no necessity to separate the monarch from the mob; all authority is equally...

There is no necessity to separate the monarch from the mob; all authority is equally...

Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses...

Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses...

Men always want to be a woman's first love. Women have a more subtle instinct:...

Men always want to be a woman's first love. Women have a more subtle instinct:...

There is luxury in self reproach. When we blame ourselves, we feel no one else...

There is luxury in self reproach. When we blame ourselves, we feel no one else...

It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will...

It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will...

I dislike arguments of any kind. They are always vulgar, and often convincing.

I dislike arguments of any kind. They are always vulgar, and often convincing.

I suppose society is wonderfully delightful. To be in it is merely a bore. But...

I suppose society is wonderfully delightful. To be in it is merely a bore. But...

Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.

Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.

The way of paradoxes is the way of truth.

The way of paradoxes is the way of truth.

The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.

The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.

They spoil every romance by trying to make it last forever.

They spoil every romance by trying to make it last forever.

Formerly we used to canonize our heroes. The modern method is to vulgarize them. Cheap...

Formerly we used to canonize our heroes. The modern method is to vulgarize them. Cheap...

The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.

The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.

Nothing makes one so vain as being told one is a sinner. Conscience makes egotists...

Nothing makes one so vain as being told one is a sinner. Conscience makes egotists...

Deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.

Deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.

My wife and I no longer have anything in common but our differences.

My wife and I no longer have anything in common but our differences.

More belongs to marriage than four legs in a bed.

More belongs to marriage than four legs in a bed.

Success in marriage is much more than finding the right person; it is a matter...

Success in marriage is much more than finding the right person; it is a matter...