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

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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And he goes through life, his mouth open, and his mind closed.

And he goes through life, his mouth open, and his mind closed.

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....

A man can't be too careful in the choice of his enemies.

A man can't be too careful in the choice of his enemies.

History is merely gossip

History is merely gossip

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...

Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.

Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.

To expect the unexpected shows a thoroughly modern intellect.

To expect the unexpected shows a thoroughly modern intellect.

Women represent the triumph of matter over mind, just as men represent the triumph of...

Women represent the triumph of matter over mind, just as men represent the triumph of...

Young men want to be faithful, and are not; old men want to be faithless,...

Young men want to be faithful, and are not; old men want to be faithless,...

Any preoccupation with ideas of what is right or wrong in conduct shows an arrested...

Any preoccupation with ideas of what is right or wrong in conduct shows an arrested...

Memory is the diary that we all carry about with us

Memory is the diary that we all carry about with us

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

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

It is through art, and through art only, that we can realise our perfection.

It is through art, and through art only, that we can realise our perfection.

Biography lends to death a new terror.

Biography lends to death a new terror.

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

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

Men always want to be a woman's first love - women like to be a...

Men always want to be a woman's first love - women like to be a...

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...

Of course the music is a great difficulty. You see, if one plays good music,...

Of course the music is a great difficulty. You see, if one plays good music,...

When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers.

When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers.

There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that...

There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that...