Popularity is the crown of laurel which the world puts on bad art. Whatever is popular is wrong.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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Bachelors should be heavily taxed. It is not fair that some men should be happier...

Bachelors should be heavily taxed. It is not fair that some men should be happier...

She behaves as if she was beautiful. Most American women do. It is the secret...

She behaves as if she was beautiful. Most American women do. It is the secret...

Don't give a woman advice: one should never give a woman anything she can't wear...

Don't give a woman advice: one should never give a woman anything she can't wear...

The soul is born old but grows young. That is the comedy of life. And...

The soul is born old but grows young. That is the comedy of life. And...

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.

Friendship is far more tragic than love, it lasts longer.

Friendship is far more tragic than love, it lasts longer.

The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it's dead for you.

The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it's dead for you.

I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and...

I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and...

I have nothing to declare but my genius.

I have nothing to declare but my genius.

Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals.

Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals.

To reveal art and conceal the artist is art's aim

To reveal art and conceal the artist is art's aim

By persistently remaining single a man converts himself into a permanent public temptation.

By persistently remaining single a man converts himself into a permanent public temptation.

I do not approve of anything which tampers with natural ignorance

I do not approve of anything which tampers with natural ignorance

People who love only once in their lives are. . . shallow people. What they...

People who love only once in their lives are. . . shallow people. What they...

Whenever cannibals are on the brink of starvation, Heaven, in its infinite mercy, sends them...

Whenever cannibals are on the brink of starvation, Heaven, in its infinite mercy, sends them...

Life is too important to be taken seriously.

Life is too important to be taken seriously.

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

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

Forgiveness is the economy of the heart... forgiveness saves the expense of anger, the cost...

Forgiveness is the economy of the heart... forgiveness saves the expense of anger, the cost...

The word 'confession,' to me, means needing to be absolved, ... I'm not asking for...

The word 'confession,' to me, means needing to be absolved, ... I'm not asking for...

And if you are slain in the way of Allah or you die, certainly forgiveness...

And if you are slain in the way of Allah or you die, certainly forgiveness...