The old believe everything; the middle aged suspect everything: the young know everything.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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My duty as a gentleman has never interfered with my pleasures in the smallest degree.

My duty as a gentleman has never interfered with my pleasures in the smallest degree.

Experience is one thing you can't get for nothing.

Experience is one thing you can't get for nothing.

Conscience and cowardice are really the same things. Conscience is the trade-name of the firm....

Conscience and cowardice are really the same things. Conscience is the trade-name of the firm....

I knew that I had come face to face with some one whose mere personality...

I knew that I had come face to face with some one whose mere personality...

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.

Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses...

Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses...

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 always like to know everything about my new friends, and nothing about my old...

I always like to know everything about my new friends, and nothing about my old...

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.

So never lose an opportunity of urging a practical beginning, however small, for it is...

So never lose an opportunity of urging a practical beginning, however small, for it is...

I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.

I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.

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,...

In the world there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants,...

In the world there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants,...

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...

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...

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.

Only the shallow know themselves.

Only the shallow know themselves.

What seems to us bitter trials are often blessings in disguise.

What seems to us bitter trials are often blessings in disguise.

Im going to be happy. Im going to skip. Im going to be glad. Im...

Im going to be happy. Im going to skip. Im going to be glad. Im...

Theres no disaster that cant become a blessing, and no blessing that cant become a...

Theres no disaster that cant become a blessing, and no blessing that cant become a...