There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that others might pick them up.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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Biography lends to death a new terror.

Biography lends to death a new terror.

Don't give a woman advice: one should never give a woman anything she can't wear...

Don't give a woman advice: one should never give a woman anything she can't wear...

Nothing makes one so vain as being told one is a sinner. Conscience makes egotists...

Nothing makes one so vain as being told one is a sinner. Conscience makes egotists...

The sign of a Philistine age is the cry of immorality against art.

The sign of a Philistine age is the cry of immorality against art.

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.

Who, being loved, is poor?

Who, being loved, is poor?

You know what a woman's curiosity is.

You know what a woman's curiosity is.

In America the President reigns for four years, and Journalism governs forever and ever.

In America the President reigns for four years, and Journalism governs forever and ever.

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,...

By giving us the opinions of the uneducated, journalism keeps us in touch with the...

By giving us the opinions of the uneducated, journalism keeps us in touch with the...

Religions die when they are proved to be true. Science is the record of dead...

Religions die when they are proved to be true. Science is the record of dead...

Love is like a booger. You keep picking at it until you get it, then...

Love is like a booger. You keep picking at it until you get it, then...

The face of the enemy frightens me only when I see how much it resembles...

The face of the enemy frightens me only when I see how much it resembles...

A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment...

A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment...

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.

It is always the unreadable that occurs.

It is always the unreadable that occurs.

The tragedy of old age is not that one is old, but that one is...

The tragedy of old age is not that one is old, but that one is...

Ultimately the bond of all companionship, whether in marriage or in friendship, is conversation.

Ultimately the bond of all companionship, whether in marriage or in friendship, is conversation.

A troublemaker plants seeds of strife; gossip separates the best of friends.

A troublemaker plants seeds of strife; gossip separates the best of friends.

Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art, like the universe itself (for God did not...

Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art, like the universe itself (for God did not...

I believe that lovers should be draped in flowers And laid entwined together in a...

I believe that lovers should be draped in flowers And laid entwined together in a...