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

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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Only the shallow know themselves.

Only the shallow know themselves.

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...

Nowadays most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it...

Nowadays most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it...

In America the President reigns for four years, and Journalism governs for ever and ever

In America the President reigns for four years, and Journalism governs for ever and ever

Love is like a booger. You keep picking at it until you get it, then...

Love is like a booger. You keep picking at it until you get it, then...

To give and not expect return, that is what lies at the heart of love.

To give and not expect return, that is what lies at the heart of love.

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...

It (cricket) requires one to assume such indecent postures

It (cricket) requires one to assume such indecent postures

There is no necessity to separate the monarch from the mob; all authority is equally...

There is no necessity to separate the monarch from the mob; all authority is equally...

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

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

He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.

He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.

The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple.

The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple.

Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that...

Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that...

A man who moralizes is usually a hypocrite, and a woman who moralizes is invariably...

A man who moralizes is usually a hypocrite, and a woman who moralizes is invariably...

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...

It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors.

It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors.

One should always be in love. That is the reason one should never marry.

One should always be in love. That is the reason one should never marry.

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...

If you want to be free, there is but one way; it is to guarantee...

If you want to be free, there is but one way; it is to guarantee...

Promise me you'll never forget me because if I thought you would I'd never leave.

Promise me you'll never forget me because if I thought you would I'd never leave.