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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All that I desire to point out is the general principle that life imitates art...

All that I desire to point out is the general principle that life imitates art...

London is full of women who trust their husbands. One can always recognize them. They...

London is full of women who trust their husbands. One can always recognize them. They...

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...

Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about.

Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about.

Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching.

Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching.

The strength of women comes from the fact that psychology cannot explain us. Men can...

The strength of women comes from the fact that psychology cannot explain us. Men can...

Experience is the name we give to our past mistakes

Experience is the name we give to our past mistakes

A man who does not think for himself does not think at all.

A man who does not think for himself does not think at all.

You know what a woman's curiosity is

You know what a woman's curiosity is

Don't give a woman advice: one should never give a woman anything she can't wear...

Don't give a woman advice: one should never give a woman anything she can't wear...

Women are meant to be loved, not to be understood.

Women are meant to be loved, not to be understood.

No man is rich enough to buy back his past.

No man is rich enough to buy back his past.

Men always want to be a woman's first love. Women have a more subtle instinct:...

Men always want to be a woman's first love. Women have a more subtle instinct:...

Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man's original virtue. It...

Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man's original virtue. It...

Life is one fool thing after another whereas love is two fool things after each...

Life is one fool thing after another whereas love is two fool things after each...

I am not young enough to know everything.

I am not young enough to know everything.

It is because Humanity has never known where it was going that it has been...

It is because Humanity has never known where it was going that it has been...

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.

A friend will know you better in the first minute they see you, than your...

A friend will know you better in the first minute they see you, than your...

It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanism of friendship.

It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanism of friendship.

If you have a choice between me and her, choose her because if you really...

If you have a choice between me and her, choose her because if you really...