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

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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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...

If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend...

If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend...

Hear no evil, speak no evil - and you'll never be invited to a party

Hear no evil, speak no evil - and you'll never be invited to a party

Memory is the diary that we all carry about with us.

Memory is the diary that we all carry about with us.

Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.

Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.

I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I...

I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I...

Extravagance is the luxury of the poor; penury is the luxury of the rich

Extravagance is the luxury of the poor; penury is the luxury of the rich

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...

I have made an important discovery... that alcohol, taken in sufficient quantities, produces all the...

I have made an important discovery... that alcohol, taken in sufficient quantities, produces all the...

His morality is all sympathy, just what morality should be

His morality is all sympathy, just what morality should be

The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast.

The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast.

Vulgarity is simply the conduct of other people.

Vulgarity is simply the conduct of other people.

Those who are faithful know only the trivial side of love; it is the faithless...

Those who are faithful know only the trivial side of love; it is the faithless...

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...

To love one's self is the beginning of a life-long romance

To love one's self is the beginning of a life-long romance

The aim of love is to love: no more, and no less.

The aim of love is to love: no more, and no less.

I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in...

I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in...

Children begin by loving their parents; after a time they judge them; rarely, if ever,...

Children begin by loving their parents; after a time they judge them; rarely, if ever,...

My parents used to take me to the pet department and tell me it was...

My parents used to take me to the pet department and tell me it was...

Our children are not going to be just our children-they are going to be other...

Our children are not going to be just our children-they are going to be other...