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

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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It is very vulgar to talk about one's business. Only people like stockbrokers do that,...

It is very vulgar to talk about one's business. Only people like stockbrokers do that,...

I want the dead lovers of the world to hear our laughter and grow sad....

I want the dead lovers of the world to hear our laughter and grow sad....

The truth is rarely pure and never simple.

The truth is rarely pure and never simple.

Vulgarity is simply the conduct of other people.

Vulgarity is simply the conduct of other people.

The final mystery is oneself.

The final mystery is oneself.

I adore political parties. They are the only place left to us where people don't...

I adore political parties. They are the only place left to us where people don't...

In examinations, the foolish ask questions the wise cannot answer.

In examinations, the foolish ask questions the wise cannot answer.

The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

An ordinary man away from home giving advice.

An ordinary man away from home giving advice.

Religion is the fashionable substitute for belief

Religion is the fashionable substitute for belief

It was the passions about whose origin we deceived ourselves that tyrannized most strongly over...

It was the passions about whose origin we deceived ourselves that tyrannized most strongly over...

The proper school to learn art is not life but art

The proper school to learn art is not life but art

Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far...

Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far...

Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same.

Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same.

No, I am not at all cynical, I have merely got experience, which, however, is...

No, I am not at all cynical, I have merely got experience, which, however, is...

Perhaps, after all, America never has been discovered. I myself would say that it had...

Perhaps, after all, America never has been discovered. I myself would say that it had...

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

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

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

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

Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.

Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.

You can't undo anything you've already done, but you can face up to it. You...

You can't undo anything you've already done, but you can face up to it. You...