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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Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.

In America, the young are always ready to give to those older than themselves the...

In America, the young are always ready to give to those older than themselves the...

The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything, except what is worth knowing

The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything, except what is worth knowing

Skepticism is the beginning of faith.

Skepticism is the beginning of faith.

America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.

America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.

The typewriting machine, when played with expression, is no more annoying than the piano when...

The typewriting machine, when played with expression, is no more annoying than the piano when...

Where there is sorrow, there is holy ground

Where there is sorrow, there is holy ground

Good resolutions are simply checks that men draw on a bank where they have no...

Good resolutions are simply checks that men draw on a bank where they have no...

Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic.

Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic.

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

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

We are each our own devil, and we make this world our hell

We are each our own devil, and we make this world our hell

Nowadays most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it...

Nowadays most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it...

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

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

There is always something ridiculous about the emotions of people whom one has ceased to...

There is always something ridiculous about the emotions of people whom one has ceased to...

Only the shallow know themselves.

Only the shallow know themselves.

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...

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

To regret one's own experiences is to arrest one's own development. To deny one's own...

To regret one's own experiences is to arrest one's own development. To deny one's own...

Experience is not what happens to you. It is what you do with what happens...

Experience is not what happens to you. It is what you do with what happens...

Experience is not what happens to a man; it is what a man does with...

Experience is not what happens to a man; it is what a man does with...