The imagination imitates. It is the critical spirit that creates.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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Men always want to be a woman's first love. Women have a more subtle instinct:...

Men always want to be a woman's first love. Women have a more subtle instinct:...

Few parents nowadays pay any regard to what their children say to them. The old...

Few parents nowadays pay any regard to what their children say to them. The old...

It is only the modern that ever becomes old-fashioned.

It is only the modern that ever becomes old-fashioned.

I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my...

I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my...

The strength of women comes from the fact that psychology cannot explain us. Men can...

The strength of women comes from the fact that psychology cannot explain us. Men can...

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,...

This suspense is terrible. I hope it will last.

This suspense is terrible. I hope it will last.

I don't at all like knowing what people say of me behind my back. It...

I don't at all like knowing what people say of me behind my back. It...

I regard the theatre as the greatest of all art forms, the most immediate way...

I regard the theatre as the greatest of all art forms, the most immediate way...

Judges, like the criminal classes, have their lighter moments

Judges, like the criminal classes, have their lighter moments

Arguments are extremely vulgar, for everyone in good society holds exactly the same opinion.

Arguments are extremely vulgar, for everyone in good society holds exactly the same opinion.

Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live; it is asking others to live...

Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live; it is asking others to live...

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...

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...

There is nothing in the world like the devotion of a married woman. It is...

There is nothing in the world like the devotion of a married woman. It is...

There is only one class in the community that thinks more about money than the...

There is only one class in the community that thinks more about money than the...

The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is...

The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is...

The only way a woman can ever reform her husband is by boring him so...

The only way a woman can ever reform her husband is by boring him so...

An autobiography is only to be trusted when it reveals something disgraceful. A man who...

An autobiography is only to be trusted when it reveals something disgraceful. A man who...

The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly,...

The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly,...