What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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Hearts live by being wounded.

Hearts live by being wounded.

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...

A misanthrope I can understand - a womanthrope never

A misanthrope I can understand - a womanthrope never

True friends stab you in the front.

True friends stab you in the front.

Few parents nowadays pay any regard to what their children say to them. The old...

Few parents nowadays pay any regard to what their children say to them. The old...

To love oneself is the beginning of a life-long romance.

To love oneself is the beginning of a life-long romance.

Whenever cannibals are on the brink of starvation, Heaven, in its infinite mercy, sends them...

Whenever cannibals are on the brink of starvation, Heaven, in its infinite mercy, sends them...

Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live; it is asking others to live...

Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live; it is asking others to live...

Put your talent into your work, but your genius into your life

Put your talent into your work, but your genius into your life

Appearance blinds, whereas words reveal.

Appearance blinds, whereas words reveal.

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 -...

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...

Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.

Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.

Seriousness is the last refuge of the shallow.

Seriousness is the last refuge of the shallow.

Time is waste of money.

Time is waste of money.

Those who are faithful know only the trivial side of love: it is the faithless...

Those who are faithful know only the trivial side of love: it is the faithless...

Men always want to be a womans first love. Women have a more subtle instinct:...

Men always want to be a womans first love. Women have a more subtle instinct:...

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...

I see when men love women. They give them but a little of their lives....

I see when men love women. They give them but a little of their lives....

The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it's dead for you.

The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it's dead for you.