The good ended happily, and the bad unhappily. That is what fiction means.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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A work of art is the unique result of a unique temperament.

A work of art is the unique result of a unique temperament.

It is better to be beautiful than to be good. But... it is better to...

It is better to be beautiful than to be good. But... it is better to...

The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

I want my food dead. Not sick, not dying, dead.

I want my food dead. Not sick, not dying, dead.

35 is a very attractive age. London society is full of women of the very...

35 is a very attractive age. London society is full of women of the very...

No man is rich enough to buy back his past.

No man is rich enough to buy back his past.

Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit.

Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit.

The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything, except what is worth knowing

The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything, except what is worth knowing

I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than...

I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than...

Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds.

Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds.

The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.

The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.

Formerly we used to canonize our heroes. The modern method is to vulgarize them. Cheap...

Formerly we used to canonize our heroes. The modern method is to vulgarize them. Cheap...

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...

A true friend stabs you in the front.

A true friend stabs you in the front.

The intellect is not a serious thing, and never has been. It is an instrument...

The intellect is not a serious thing, and never has been. It is an instrument...

Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.

Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.

Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching.

Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching.

A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment...

A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment...

As long as war is regarded as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When...

As long as war is regarded as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When...

Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.

Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.