The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it's dead for you.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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Everything popular is wrong.

Everything popular is wrong.

Musical people always want one to be perfectly dumb at the very moment when one...

Musical people always want one to be perfectly dumb at the very moment when one...

The well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves.

The well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves.

Only the shallow know themselves.

Only the shallow know themselves.

It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or...

It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or...

By persistently remaining single a man converts himself into a permanent public temptation.

By persistently remaining single a man converts himself into a permanent public temptation.

The man who can dominate a London dinner-table can dominate the world.

The man who can dominate a London dinner-table can dominate the world.

These days man knows the price of everything, but the value of nothing.

These days man knows the price of everything, but the value of nothing.

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...

Life is one fool thing after another whereas love is two fool things after each...

Life is one fool thing after another whereas love is two fool things after each...

What we have to do, what at any rate it is our duty to do,...

What we have to do, what at any rate it is our duty to do,...

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.

All charming people, I fancy, are spoiled. It is the secret of their attraction.

All charming people, I fancy, are spoiled. It is the secret of their attraction.

I like men who have a future and women who have a past

I like men who have a future and women who have a past

One can give a really unbiased opinion only about things that do not interest one

One can give a really unbiased opinion only about things that do not interest one

How else but through a broken heart may Lord Christ enter in?

How else but through a broken heart may Lord Christ enter in?

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....

Popularity is the crown of laurel which the world puts on bad art. Whatever is...

Popularity is the crown of laurel which the world puts on bad art. Whatever is...

We are so vain that we even care for the opinion of those we don't...

We are so vain that we even care for the opinion of those we don't...

Popularity is a crime from the moment it is sought; it is only a virtue...

Popularity is a crime from the moment it is sought; it is only a virtue...