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

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow.

Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow.

What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value...

What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value...

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.

Literature always anticipates life. It does not copy it, but moulds it to its purpose....

Literature always anticipates life. It does not copy it, but moulds it to its purpose....

An ordinary man away from home giving advice.

An ordinary man away from home giving advice.

This suspense is terrible. I hope it will last.

This suspense is terrible. I hope it will last.

These days man knows the price of everything, but the value of nothing.

These days man knows the price of everything, but the value of nothing.

The one charm about marriage is that it makes a life of deception absolutely necessary...

The one charm about marriage is that it makes a life of deception absolutely necessary...

You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you...

You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you...

Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.

Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.

One's real life is often the life that one does not lead

One's real life is often the life that one does not lead

A man who moralizes is usually a hypocrite, and a woman who moralizes is invariably...

A man who moralizes is usually a hypocrite, and a woman who moralizes is invariably...

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...

Memory is the diary that we all carry about with us

Memory is the diary that we all carry about with us

Memory... is the diary that we all carry about with us.

Memory... is the diary that we all carry about with us.

Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask,...

Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask,...

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...

There is nothing so difficult to marry as a large nose.

There is nothing so difficult to marry as a large nose.

Men should be like Kleenex, soft, strong and disposable.

Men should be like Kleenex, soft, strong and disposable.

The married state, with and without the affection suitable to it, is the completest image...

The married state, with and without the affection suitable to it, is the completest image...