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

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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The one charm about marriage is that it makes a life of deception absolutely necessary...

The one charm about marriage is that it makes a life of deception absolutely necessary...

His morality is all sympathy, just what morality should be

His morality is all sympathy, just what morality should be

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

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...

There is only one real tragedy in a woman's life. The fact that her past...

There is only one real tragedy in a woman's life. The fact that her past...

Vulgarity is the conduct of other people, just as falsehoods are the truths of other...

Vulgarity is the conduct of other people, just as falsehoods are the truths of other...

Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.

Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.

All charming people, I fancy, are spoiled. It is the secret of their attraction.

All charming people, I fancy, are spoiled. It is the secret of their attraction.

We can have in life but one great experience at best, and the secret of...

We can have in life but one great experience at best, and the secret of...

Men always want to be a womans first love. Women have a more subtle instinct:...

Men always want to be a womans first love. Women have a more subtle instinct:...

All that I desire to point out is the general principle that life imitates art...

All that I desire to point out is the general principle that life imitates art...

A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely...

A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely...

Success is a science; if you have the conditions, you get the result.

Success is a science; if you have the conditions, you get the result.

The critic has to educate the public; the artist has to educate the critic.

The critic has to educate the public; the artist has to educate the critic.

Comfort is the only thing our civilization can give us.

Comfort is the only thing our civilization can give us.

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.

I have nothing to declare but my genius.

I have nothing to declare but my genius.

In modern life nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude. It makes the...

In modern life nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude. It makes the...

In the life of each of us, I said to myself, 'There is a place...

In the life of each of us, I said to myself, 'There is a place...

Life is intrinsically, well, boring and dangerous at the same time. At any given moment...

Life is intrinsically, well, boring and dangerous at the same time. At any given moment...