There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating; people who know absolutely everything, and people who know absolutely nothing.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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Religion is the fashionable substitute for belief

Religion is the fashionable substitute for belief

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.

He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.

He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.

Plain women are always jealous of their husbands. Beautiful women never are. They are always...

Plain women are always jealous of their husbands. Beautiful women never are. They are always...

I am not young enough to know everything.

I am not young enough to know everything.

The difference between literature and journalism is that journalism is unreadable and literature is not...

The difference between literature and journalism is that journalism is unreadable and literature is not...

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.

When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one's self, and one always...

When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one's self, and one always...

My duty as a gentleman has never interfered with my pleasures in the smallest degree.

My duty as a gentleman has never interfered with my pleasures in the smallest degree.

I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than...

I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than...

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

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

It is exactly because a man cannot do a thing that he is a proper...

It is exactly because a man cannot do a thing that he is a proper...

One can give a really unbiased opinion only about things that do not interest one

One can give a really unbiased opinion only about things that do not interest one

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...

Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.

Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.

As yet, Bernard Shaw hasn't become prominent enough to have any enemies, but none of...

As yet, Bernard Shaw hasn't become prominent enough to have any enemies, but none of...

To give and not expect return, that is what lies at the heart of love.

To give and not expect return, that is what lies at the heart of love.

If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use...

If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use...

Reading is thinking with someone else's head instead of one's own

Reading is thinking with someone else's head instead of one's own

There are only two kinds of Wodehouse readers, those who adore him and those who...

There are only two kinds of Wodehouse readers, those who adore him and those who...