The way of paradoxes is the way of truth.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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As long as war is regarded as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When...

As long as war is regarded as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When...

I think that God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability.

I think that God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability.

Of course the music is a great difficulty. You see, if one plays good music,...

Of course the music is a great difficulty. You see, if one plays good music,...

Men always want to be a woman's first love - women like to be a...

Men always want to be a woman's first love - women like to be a...

Murder is always a mistake - one should never do anything one cannot talk about...

Murder is always a mistake - one should never do anything one cannot talk about...

Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds.

Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds.

One can survive everything, nowadays, except death, and live down everything except a good reputation.

One can survive everything, nowadays, except death, and live down everything except a good reputation.

Biography lends to death a new terror.

Biography lends to death a new terror.

Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same.

Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same.

Romance should never begin with sentiment. It should begin with science and end with a...

Romance should never begin with sentiment. It should begin with science and end with a...

Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far...

Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far...

Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.

Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.

If one plays good music, people don't listen and if one plays bad music people...

If one plays good music, people don't listen and if one plays bad music people...

The good ended happily, and the bad unhappily. That is what fiction means.

The good ended happily, and the bad unhappily. That is what fiction means.

A man can't be too careful in the choice of his enemies.

A man can't be too careful in the choice of his enemies.

Religion is the fashionable substitute for belief

Religion is the fashionable substitute for belief

All art is quite useless.

All art is quite useless.

The best part of beauty is that which no picture can express.

The best part of beauty is that which no picture can express.

Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing.

Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing.

The connoisseur of art must be able to appreciate what is simply beautiful, but the...

The connoisseur of art must be able to appreciate what is simply beautiful, but the...