There is no necessity to separate the monarch from the mob; all authority is equally bad.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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I can sympathize with everything, except suffering.

I can sympathize with everything, except suffering.

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...

A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally.

A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally.

Conversation should touch everything, but should concentrate itself on nothing.

Conversation should touch everything, but should concentrate itself on nothing.

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...

The world was my oyster but I used the wrong fork - Oscar Wilde

The world was my oyster but I used the wrong fork - Oscar Wilde

It is always the unreadable that occurs.

It is always the unreadable that occurs.

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.

The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.

The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.

The cynic knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.

The cynic knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.

Pleasure is Nature's test, her sign of approval. When man is happy, he is in...

Pleasure is Nature's test, her sign of approval. When man is happy, he is in...

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.

Those whom the gods love grow young.

Those whom the gods love grow young.

Where there is sorrow, there is holy ground

Where there is sorrow, there is holy ground

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

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

God's eternal laws are kind-and break the heart of stone.

God's eternal laws are kind-and break the heart of stone.

His morality is all sympathy, just what morality should be

His morality is all sympathy, just what morality should be

A man who moralizes is usually a hypocrite, and a woman who moralizes is invariably...

A man who moralizes is usually a hypocrite, and a woman who moralizes is invariably...

The only thing worse than a liar is a liar that's also a hypocrite!

The only thing worse than a liar is a liar that's also a hypocrite!

He who would do good to another must do it in Minute Particulars: General Good...

He who would do good to another must do it in Minute Particulars: General Good...