Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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Appearance blinds, whereas words reveal.

Appearance blinds, whereas words reveal.

The world has been made by fools that men should live in it

The world has been made by fools that men should live in it

The way of paradoxes is the way of truth.

The way of paradoxes is the way of truth.

Arguments are to be avoided: they are always vulgar and often convincing.

Arguments are to be avoided: they are always vulgar and often convincing.

You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you...

You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you...

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...

We can have in life but one great experience at best, and the secret of...

We can have in life but one great experience at best, and the secret of...

Young people, nowadays, imagine that money is everything, and when they grow older, they know...

Young people, nowadays, imagine that money is everything, and when they grow older, they know...

I like men who have a future and women who have a past.

I like men who have a future and women who have a past.

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

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

When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one's self, and one always...

When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one's self, and one always...

Conversation should touch everything, but should concentrate itself on nothing.

Conversation should touch everything, but should concentrate itself on nothing.

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.

A man can't be too careful in the choice of his enemies.

A man can't be too careful in the choice of his enemies.

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

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

Life has been your art. You have set yourself to music. Your days are your...

Life has been your art. You have set yourself to music. Your days are your...

My duty as a gentleman has never interfered with my pleasures in the smallest degree.

My duty as a gentleman has never interfered with my pleasures in the smallest degree.

Hear no evil, speak no evil - and you'll never be invited to a party

Hear no evil, speak no evil - and you'll never be invited to a party

As soon as men decide that all means are permitted to fight an evil, then...

As soon as men decide that all means are permitted to fight an evil, then...

Shall I tell you what the real evil is? To cringe to the things that...

Shall I tell you what the real evil is? To cringe to the things that...