Why was I born with such contemporaries?

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I...

I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I...

Scepticism is the beginning of Faith.

Scepticism is the beginning of Faith.

The only way a woman can ever reform her husband is by boring him so...

The only way a woman can ever reform her husband is by boring him so...

Any preoccupation with ideas of what is right or wrong in conduct shows an arrested...

Any preoccupation with ideas of what is right or wrong in conduct shows an arrested...

I can believe anything provided it is incredible.

I can believe anything provided it is incredible.

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...

Nowadays most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it...

Nowadays most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it...

When I was young I thought that money was the most important thing in life;...

When I was young I thought that money was the most important thing in life;...

Women have a wonderful instinct about things. They can discover everything except the obvious.

Women have a wonderful instinct about things. They can discover everything except the obvious.

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...

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...

The strength of women comes from the fact that psychology cannot explain us. Men can...

The strength of women comes from the fact that psychology cannot explain us. Men can...

Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.

Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.

Men always want to be a woman's first love - women like to be a...

Men always want to be a woman's first love - women like to be a...

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

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

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...

No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would...

No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would...

How else but through a broken heart may Lord Christ enter in?

How else but through a broken heart may Lord Christ enter in?

You're leaving me because it's easier to walk away, than to fight for something that...

You're leaving me because it's easier to walk away, than to fight for something that...

You'd always say that you hate to see me hurt and you hate to see...

You'd always say that you hate to see me hurt and you hate to see...

This is not a letter but my arms around you for a brief moment

This is not a letter but my arms around you for a brief moment