To reveal art and conceal the artist is art's aim

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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True love is like a pair of socks: you gotta have two and they've gotta...

True love is like a pair of socks: you gotta have two and they've gotta...

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.

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,...

Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses...

Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses...

Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.

Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.

People who love only once in their lives are. . . shallow people. What they...

People who love only once in their lives are. . . shallow people. What they...

The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.

The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.

This suspense is terrible. I hope it will last.

This suspense is terrible. I hope it will last.

I have nothing to declare except my genuis.

I have nothing to declare except my genuis.

I can sympathize with everything, except suffering.

I can sympathize with everything, except suffering.

A poet can survive everything but a misprint.

A poet can survive everything but a misprint.

Indeed, in many respects she was quite English and was an excellent example of the...

Indeed, in many respects she was quite English and was an excellent example of the...

Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation

Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation

Shallow sorrows and shallow loves live on. The loves and sorrows that are great are...

Shallow sorrows and shallow loves live on. The loves and sorrows that are great are...

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.

Marriage is the one subject on which all women agree and all men disagree

Marriage is the one subject on which all women agree and all men disagree

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,...

What we have to do, what at any rate it is our duty to do,...

What we have to do, what at any rate it is our duty to do,...

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

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

A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely...

A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely...