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

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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It is only an auctioneer who can equally and impartially admire all schools of art.

It is only an auctioneer who can equally and impartially admire all schools of art.

It is only by not paying one's bills that one can hope to live in...

It is only by not paying one's bills that one can hope to live in...

True friends stab you in the front.

True friends stab you in the front.

If one could only teach the English how to talk, and the Irish how to...

If one could only teach the English how to talk, and the Irish how to...

Time is waste of money.

Time is waste of money.

His morality is all sympathy, just what morality should be

His morality is all sympathy, just what morality should be

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

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

What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value...

What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value...

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....

Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.

Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.

The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.

The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.

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 only real people are the people who never existed

The only real people are the people who never existed

Literature always anticipates life. It does not copy it, but moulds it to its purpose....

Literature always anticipates life. It does not copy it, but moulds it to its purpose....

Wickedness is a myth invented by good people to account for the curious attractiveness of...

Wickedness is a myth invented by good people to account for the curious attractiveness of...

An optimist will tell you the glass is half-full; the pessimist, half-empty; and the engineer...

An optimist will tell you the glass is half-full; the pessimist, half-empty; and the engineer...

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

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

Women are made to be loved, not understood.

Women are made to be loved, not understood.

The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it... I can...

The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it... I can...

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

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