Truth, in matters of religion, is simply the opinion that has survived

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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Work is the curse of the drinking classes.

Work is the curse of the drinking classes.

I adore political parties. They are the only place left to us where people don't...

I adore political parties. They are the only place left to us where people don't...

Between the optimist and the pessimist, the difference is droll. The optimist sees the doughnut;...

Between the optimist and the pessimist, the difference is droll. The optimist sees the doughnut;...

You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you...

You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you...

Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching.

Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching.

Twenty years of romance makes a woman look like a ruin; but twenty years of...

Twenty years of romance makes a woman look like a ruin; but twenty years of...

All trials are trials for one's life, just as all sentences are sentences of death.

All trials are trials for one's life, just as all sentences are sentences of death.

Hearts live by being wounded.

Hearts live by being wounded.

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.

Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon...

Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon...

As long as a woman can look ten years younger than her own daughter, she...

As long as a woman can look ten years younger than her own daughter, she...

Nothing spoils a romance so much as a sense of humor in the woman.

Nothing spoils a romance so much as a sense of humor in the woman.

People sometimes inquire what form of government is most suitable for an artist to live...

People sometimes inquire what form of government is most suitable for an artist to live...

It is only the modern that ever becomes old fashioned.

It is only the modern that ever becomes old fashioned.

Woman begins by resisting a man's advances and ends by blocking his retreat

Woman begins by resisting a man's advances and ends by blocking his retreat

Authority is quite degrading

Authority is quite degrading

I have met a lot of hardboiled eggs in my time, but you're twenty minutes.

I have met a lot of hardboiled eggs in my time, but you're twenty minutes.

There is no sin except stupidity.

There is no sin except stupidity.

Complete masculinity and stupidity are often indistinguishable.

Complete masculinity and stupidity are often indistinguishable.

Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain.

Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain.