Simple pleasures are always the last refuge of the complex

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...

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...

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...

This suspense is terrible. I hope it will last.

This suspense is terrible. I hope it will last.

Our ambition should be to rule ourselves, the true kingdom for each one of us;...

Our ambition should be to rule ourselves, the true kingdom for each one of us;...

In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane.

In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane.

Men always want to be a woman's first love - women like to be a...

Men always want to be a woman's first love - women like to be a...

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...

Those who try to lead the people can only do so by following the mob

Those who try to lead the people can only do so by following the mob

He must have a truly romantic nature, for he weeps when there is nothing at...

He must have a truly romantic nature, for he weeps when there is nothing at...

Men marry because they are tired, women because they are curious; both are disappointed.

Men marry because they are tired, women because they are curious; both are disappointed.

I think that God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability.

I think that God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability.

Illusion is the first of all pleasures.

Illusion is the first of all pleasures.

Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask,...

Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask,...

A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally.

A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally.

A misanthrope I can understand - a womanthrope never

A misanthrope I can understand - a womanthrope never

If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend...

If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend...

I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my...

I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my...

My boyfriend and I broke up. He wanted to get married and I didn't want...

My boyfriend and I broke up. He wanted to get married and I didn't want...

Everyone knows that by far the happiest and universally enjoyable age of man is the...

Everyone knows that by far the happiest and universally enjoyable age of man is the...

Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making...

Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making...

Writing is the only trade I know of in which sniveling confessions of extreme incompetence...

Writing is the only trade I know of in which sniveling confessions of extreme incompetence...