The typewriting machine, when played with expression, is no more annoying than the piano when played by a sister or near relation.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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35 is a very attractive age. London society is full of women of the very...

35 is a very attractive age. London society is full of women of the very...

When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers.

When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers.

I can stand brute force, but brute reason is quite unbearable. There is something unfair...

I can stand brute force, but brute reason is quite unbearable. There is something unfair...

Life is never fair, and perhaps it is a good thing for most of us...

Life is never fair, and perhaps it is a good thing for most of us...

A work of art is the unique result of a unique temperament.

A work of art is the unique result of a unique temperament.

Work is the curse of the drinking classes.

Work is the curse of the drinking classes.

I can believe anything provided it is incredible.

I can believe anything provided it is incredible.

Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of...

Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of...

Life is too important to be taken seriously.

Life is too important to be taken seriously.

Each of the professions means a prejudice. The necessity for a career forces every one...

Each of the professions means a prejudice. The necessity for a career forces every one...

Charity creates a multitude of sins.

Charity creates a multitude of sins.

One should always be in love. That is the reason one should never marry.

One should always be in love. That is the reason one should never marry.

I have nothing to declare except my genius.

I have nothing to declare except my genius.

I can sympathize with everything, except suffering.

I can sympathize with everything, except suffering.

Perhaps, after all, America never has been discovered. I myself would say that it had...

Perhaps, after all, America never has been discovered. I myself would say that it had...

A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.

A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.

The salesman knows nothing of what he is selling save that he is charging a...

The salesman knows nothing of what he is selling save that he is charging a...

Few parents nowadays pay any regard to what their children say to them. The old...

Few parents nowadays pay any regard to what their children say to them. The old...

You may, if you are an old-fashioned schoolmaster, wish to consider yourself full of universal...

You may, if you are an old-fashioned schoolmaster, wish to consider yourself full of universal...

Few parents nowadays pay any regard to what their children say to them. The old...

Few parents nowadays pay any regard to what their children say to them. The old...

I don't think my parents would be shocked about anything I did, because they're so...

I don't think my parents would be shocked about anything I did, because they're so...