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

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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Paradoxically though it may seem, it is none the less true that life imitates art...

Paradoxically though it may seem, it is none the less true that life imitates art...

I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I...

I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I...

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

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

To become a spectator of one's own life is to escape the suffering of life.

To become a spectator of one's own life is to escape the suffering of life.

If one tells the truth, one is sure sooner or later to be found out

If one tells the truth, one is sure sooner or later to be found out

How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on...

How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on...

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...

Deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.

Deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.

The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

Good taste is the excuse I've always given for leading such a bad life.

Good taste is the excuse I've always given for leading such a bad life.

The difference between literature and journalism is that journalism is unreadable and literature is not...

The difference between literature and journalism is that journalism is unreadable and literature is not...

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...

Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching.

Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching.

Where there is sorrow, there is holy ground

Where there is sorrow, there is holy ground

Arguments are to be avoided; they are always vulgar and often convincing

Arguments are to be avoided; they are always vulgar and often convincing

One can survive everything nowadays, except death, and live down anything, except a good reputation.

One can survive everything nowadays, except death, and live down anything, except a good reputation.

I have nothing to declare except my genuis.

I have nothing to declare except my genuis.

All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his.

All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his.

Women need real moments of solitude and self-reflection to balance out how much of ourselves...

Women need real moments of solitude and self-reflection to balance out how much of ourselves...

We know that birth takes a woman from one place in her life to another....

We know that birth takes a woman from one place in her life to another....