The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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She is a peacock in everything but beauty

She is a peacock in everything but beauty

We all live in the gutter but some of us are looking up at the...

We all live in the gutter but some of us are looking up at the...

Looking good and dressing well is a necessity. Having a purpose in life is not.

Looking good and dressing well is a necessity. Having a purpose in life is not.

A woman will flirt with anybody in the world as long as other people are...

A woman will flirt with anybody in the world as long as other people are...

Nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude

Nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude

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...

Why was I born with such contemporaries?

Why was I born with such contemporaries?

Fathers should be neither seen nor heard. That is the only proper basis for family...

Fathers should be neither seen nor heard. That is the only proper basis for family...

It is only the modern that ever becomes old fashioned.

It is only the modern that ever becomes old fashioned.

It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances

It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances

Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses...

Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses...

Woman begins by resisting a man's advances and ends up blocking his retreat.

Woman begins by resisting a man's advances and ends up blocking his retreat.

It (cricket) requires one to assume such indecent postures

It (cricket) requires one to assume such indecent postures

Ordinary riches can be stolen; real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things...

Ordinary riches can be stolen; real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things...

Arguments are to be avoided; they are always vulgar and often convincing

Arguments are to be avoided; they are always vulgar and often convincing

Any preoccupation with ideas of what is right or wrong in conduct shows an arrested...

Any preoccupation with ideas of what is right or wrong in conduct shows an arrested...

Beauty is a form of genius - is higher, indeed, than genius, as it needs...

Beauty is a form of genius - is higher, indeed, than genius, as it needs...

She behaves as if she was beautiful. Most American women do. It is the secret...

She behaves as if she was beautiful. Most American women do. It is the secret...

Women's modesty generally increases with their beauty.

Women's modesty generally increases with their beauty.

Remember, it's as easy to marry a rich woman as a poor woman.

Remember, it's as easy to marry a rich woman as a poor woman.