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

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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The security of Society lies in custom and unconscious instinct, and the basis of the...

The security of Society lies in custom and unconscious instinct, and the basis of the...

Simple pleasures are always the last refuge of the complex

Simple pleasures are always the last refuge of the complex

The advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray.

The advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray.

A man can be happy with any woman as long as he does not love...

A man can be happy with any woman as long as he does not love...

How marriage ruins a man! It is as demoralizing as cigarettes, and far more expensive.

How marriage ruins a man! It is as demoralizing as cigarettes, and far more expensive.

In America the President reigns for four years, and Journalism governs forever and ever.

In America the President reigns for four years, and Journalism governs forever and ever.

Most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it is...

Most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it is...

Talk to every woman as if you loved her, and to every man as if...

Talk to every woman as if you loved her, and to every man as if...

The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple.

The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple.

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.

As yet, Bernard Shaw hasn't become prominent enough to have any enemies, but none of...

As yet, Bernard Shaw hasn't become prominent enough to have any enemies, but none of...

There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that...

There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that...

His morality is all sympathy, just what morality should be

His morality is all sympathy, just what morality should be

Arguments are extremely vulgar, for everyone in good society holds exactly the same opinion.

Arguments are extremely vulgar, for everyone in good society holds exactly the same opinion.

Charity creates a multitude of sins. Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a...

Charity creates a multitude of sins. Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a...

Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when...

Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when...

It was only a sunny smile and little it cost in the giving but like...

It was only a sunny smile and little it cost in the giving but like...

All that I desire to point out is the general principle that life imitates art...

All that I desire to point out is the general principle that life imitates art...

To think and to be fully alive are the same.

To think and to be fully alive are the same.

If in barbed wire things can bloom, why couldn't I? I will not die, I...

If in barbed wire things can bloom, why couldn't I? I will not die, I...