Questions are never indiscreet, answers sometimes are.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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Anybody can write a three-volume novel. It merely requires a complete ignorance of both life...

Anybody can write a three-volume novel. It merely requires a complete ignorance of both life...

One's real life is often the life that one does not lead.

One's real life is often the life that one does not lead.

No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly.

No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly.

I don't at all like knowing what people say of me behind my back. It...

I don't at all like knowing what people say of me behind my back. It...

We degenerate into hideous puppets, haunted by the memory of the passions of which we...

We degenerate into hideous puppets, haunted by the memory of the passions of which we...

Twenty years of romance makes a woman look like a ruin; but twenty years of...

Twenty years of romance makes a woman look like a ruin; but twenty years of...

The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

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....

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...

The well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves.

The well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves.

There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating; people who know absolutely...

There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating; people who know absolutely...

The only way a woman can ever reform her husband is by boring him so...

The only way a woman can ever reform her husband is by boring him so...

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.

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...

One should never make one's debut in a scandal. One should reserve that to give...

One should never make one's debut in a scandal. One should reserve that to give...

Illusion is the first of all pleasures.

Illusion is the first of all pleasures.

Between the optimist and the pessimist, the difference is droll. The optimist sees the doughnut;...

Between the optimist and the pessimist, the difference is droll. The optimist sees the doughnut;...

Nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude

Nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude

Stop apologizing when we BOTH know you don't mean it.

Stop apologizing when we BOTH know you don't mean it.

Sorry is like a band-aid. Just because you use it, doesn't mean it's going to...

Sorry is like a band-aid. Just because you use it, doesn't mean it's going to...