The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young know everything.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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It's beauty that captures your attention; personality which captures your heart.

It's beauty that captures your attention; personality which captures your heart.

An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.

An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.

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.

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

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

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...

The husbands of very beautiful women belong to the criminal classes.

The husbands of very beautiful women belong to the criminal classes.

Experience is the name every one gives to their mistakes.

Experience is the name every one gives to their mistakes.

Ultimately the bond of all companionship, whether in marriage or in friendship, is conversation.

Ultimately the bond of all companionship, whether in marriage or in friendship, is conversation.

The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

An ordinary man away from home giving advice.

An ordinary man away from home giving advice.

Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing.

Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing.

Men become old, but they never become good

Men become old, but they never become good

Nature is always behind the age.

Nature is always behind the age.

Only the shallow know themselves.

Only the shallow know themselves.

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...

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...

Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.

Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.

Judges, like the criminal classes, have their lighter moments

Judges, like the criminal classes, have their lighter moments

You can never get all the facts from just one newspaper, and unless you have...

You can never get all the facts from just one newspaper, and unless you have...

The hungry judges soon the sentence sign, and wretches hang that jury-men may dine

The hungry judges soon the sentence sign, and wretches hang that jury-men may dine

Before people complain of the obscurity of modern poetry, they should first examine their consciences...

Before people complain of the obscurity of modern poetry, they should first examine their consciences...