The face of the enemy frightens me only when I see how much it resembles me

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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Women are meant to be loved, not to be understood.

Women are meant to be loved, not to be understood.

My duty as a gentleman has never interfered with my pleasures in the smallest degree.

My duty as a gentleman has never interfered with my pleasures in the smallest degree.

One can survive everything, nowadays, except death, and live down everything except a good reputation.

One can survive everything, nowadays, except death, and live down everything except a good reputation.

Conversation should touch everything, but should concentrate itself on nothing.

Conversation should touch everything, but should concentrate itself on nothing.

The truth is rarely pure and never simple.

The truth is rarely pure and never simple.

Authority is quite degrading

Authority is quite degrading

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,...

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 old believe everything; the middle aged suspect everything: the young know everything.

The old believe everything; the middle aged suspect everything: the young know everything.

I never approve, or disapprove, of anything now. It is an absurd attitude to take...

I never approve, or disapprove, of anything now. It is an absurd attitude to take...

Ordinary riches can be stolen; real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things...

Ordinary riches can be stolen; real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things...

Life imitates art far more than art imitates Life.

Life imitates art far more than art imitates Life.

The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.

The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.

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

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

It is through¦ Art and Art only that we can shield ourselves from the sordid...

It is through¦ Art and Art only that we can shield ourselves from the sordid...

Nothing is so aggravating than calmness.

Nothing is so aggravating than calmness.

Paradoxically though it may seem, it is none the less true that life imitates art...

Paradoxically though it may seem, it is none the less true that life imitates art...

I dislike arguments of any kind. They are always vulgar, and often convincing.

I dislike arguments of any kind. They are always vulgar, and often convincing.

1 Rule during arguments: If you're losing, start correcting their grammar.

1 Rule during arguments: If you're losing, start correcting their grammar.

Where all is but dream, reasoning and arguments are of no use, truth and knowledge...

Where all is but dream, reasoning and arguments are of no use, truth and knowledge...

You can pretend to be serious; but you can't pretend to be witty.

You can pretend to be serious; but you can't pretend to be witty.