The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything. Except what is worth knowing. Journalism, conscious of this, and having tradesman-like habits, supplies their demands.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

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...

To love oneself is the beginning of a life-long romance.

To love oneself is the beginning of a life-long romance.

Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of...

Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of...

It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors.

It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors.

All great ideas are dangerous.

All great ideas are dangerous.

A man cannot reason with the woman he loves: he cares about her too much.

A man cannot reason with the woman he loves: he cares about her too much.

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

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

Deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.

Deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.

Faithfulness is to the emotional life what consistency is to the life of the intellect...

Faithfulness is to the emotional life what consistency is to the life of the intellect...

It was only a sunny smile and little it cost in the giving but like...

It was only a sunny smile and little it cost in the giving but like...

A poet can survive everything but a misprint.

A poet can survive everything but a misprint.

Religions die when they are proved to be true. Science is the record of dead...

Religions die when they are proved to be true. Science is the record of dead...

How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on...

How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on...

There are two ways of disliking poetry; one way is to dislike it, the other...

There are two ways of disliking poetry; one way is to dislike it, the other...

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

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

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

Men always want to be a womans first love. Women have a more subtle instinct:...

Men always want to be a womans first love. Women have a more subtle instinct:...

When I have a daughter and she asks me who my first love was, I...

When I have a daughter and she asks me who my first love was, I...

I worked so hard for that first kiss And a heart dont forget something like...

I worked so hard for that first kiss And a heart dont forget something like...

Love is just a word untill you and that someone who comes along give it...

Love is just a word untill you and that someone who comes along give it...