With an evening coat and a white tie, anybody, even a stockbroker, can gain a reputation for being civilized

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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I regard the theatre as the greatest of all art forms, the most immediate way...

I regard the theatre as the greatest of all art forms, the most immediate way...

The tragedy of old age is not that one is old, but that one is...

The tragedy of old age is not that one is old, but that one is...

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

Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry,...

Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry,...

It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or...

It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or...

There is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves we feel that no one...

There is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves we feel that no one...

Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities.

Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities.

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

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

Appearance blinds, whereas words reveal.

Appearance blinds, whereas words reveal.

Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.

Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.

Don't give a woman advice: one should never give a woman anything she can't wear...

Don't give a woman advice: one should never give a woman anything she can't wear...

It (cricket) requires one to assume such indecent postures

It (cricket) requires one to assume such indecent postures

I have made an important discovery... that alcohol, taken in sufficient quantities, produces all the...

I have made an important discovery... that alcohol, taken in sufficient quantities, produces all the...

Between men and women there is no friendship possible. There is passion, enmity, worship, love,...

Between men and women there is no friendship possible. There is passion, enmity, worship, love,...

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...

He must have a truly romantic nature, for he weeps when there is nothing at...

He must have a truly romantic nature, for he weeps when there is nothing at...

It often happens that the real tragedies of life occur in such an inartistic manner...

It often happens that the real tragedies of life occur in such an inartistic manner...

Everything will change. The only question is growing up or decaying.

Everything will change. The only question is growing up or decaying.

In a world where change is inevitable and continuous, the need to achieve that change...

In a world where change is inevitable and continuous, the need to achieve that change...

Why is it that, as we grow older, we are so reluctant to change? It...

Why is it that, as we grow older, we are so reluctant to change? It...