The salesman knows nothing of what he is selling save that he is charging a great deal too much for it.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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The old believe everything; the middle aged suspect everything: the young know everything.

The old believe everything; the middle aged suspect everything: the young know everything.

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

My own business always bores me to death; I prefer other people's

My own business always bores me to death; I prefer other people's

His morality is all sympathy, just what morality should be

His morality is all sympathy, just what morality should be

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

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

Love is not a clock. You simply cannot take it apart just to see what...

Love is not a clock. You simply cannot take it apart just to see what...

In modern life nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude. It makes the...

In modern life nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude. It makes the...

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...

With an evening coat and a white tie, anybody, even a stockbroker, can gain a...

With an evening coat and a white tie, anybody, even a stockbroker, can gain a...

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

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

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

Why was I born with such contemporaries?

Why was I born with such contemporaries?

The world has grown suspicious of anything that looks like a happily married life.

The world has grown suspicious of anything that looks like a happily married life.

Ah, well, then I suppose I shall have to die beyond my means.

Ah, well, then I suppose I shall have to die beyond my means.

The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple.

The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple.

I want my food dead. Not sick, not dying, dead.

I want my food dead. Not sick, not dying, dead.

Arguments are extremely vulgar, for everyone in good society holds exactly the same opinion.

Arguments are extremely vulgar, for everyone in good society holds exactly the same opinion.

History is merely gossip

History is merely gossip

Scandal is gossip made tedious by morality

Scandal is gossip made tedious by morality

Who gossips with you will gossip of you

Who gossips with you will gossip of you

Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.

Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.