The cynic knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own...

The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own...

When a woman marries again it is because she detested her first husband. When a...

When a woman marries again it is because she detested her first husband. When a...

It is perfectly monstrous the way people go about nowadays saying things against one, behind...

It is perfectly monstrous the way people go about nowadays saying things against one, behind...

Plain women are always jealous of their husbands. Beautiful women never are. They are always...

Plain women are always jealous of their husbands. Beautiful women never are. They are always...

Life is too important to be taken seriously.

Life is too important to be taken seriously.

Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.

Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.

I hope you have not been leading a double life, pretending to be wicked and...

I hope you have not been leading a double life, pretending to be wicked and...

An ordinary man away from home giving advice.

An ordinary man away from home giving advice.

A poet can survive everything but a misprint.

A poet can survive everything but a misprint.

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.

No woman should ever be quite accurate about her age. It looks so calculating.

No woman should ever be quite accurate about her age. It looks so calculating.

To get back one's youth one has merely to repeat one's follies

To get back one's youth one has merely to repeat one's follies

My own business always bores me to death; I prefer other people's.

My own business always bores me to death; I prefer other people's.

I suppose society is wonderfully delightful. To be in it is merely a bore. But...

I suppose society is wonderfully delightful. To be in it is merely a bore. But...

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.

Women are made to be loved, not understood.

Women are made to be loved, not understood.

London is full of women who trust their husbands. One can always recognize them. They...

London is full of women who trust their husbands. One can always recognize them. They...

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...

Clever people will recognize and tolerate nothing but cleverness.

Clever people will recognize and tolerate nothing but cleverness.

Never treat somebody's cleverness as his life's smartness. Cleverness is to hide weakness and smartness...

Never treat somebody's cleverness as his life's smartness. Cleverness is to hide weakness and smartness...

He who laughs last has not yet heard the bad news.

He who laughs last has not yet heard the bad news.

Men do not understand books until they have a certain amount of life, or at...

Men do not understand books until they have a certain amount of life, or at...