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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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...

A true friend stabs you in the front.

A true friend stabs you in the front.

Music makes one feel so romantic - at least it always gets on one's nerves...

Music makes one feel so romantic - at least it always gets on one's nerves...

By persistently remaining single a man converts himself into a permanent public temptation.

By persistently remaining single a man converts himself into a permanent public temptation.

I love talking about nothing. It is the only thing I know anything about.

I love talking about nothing. It is the only thing I know anything about.

Experience is one thing you can't get for nothing.

Experience is one thing you can't get for nothing.

Anybody can be good in the country

Anybody can be good in the country

You know what a woman's curiosity is.

You know what a woman's curiosity is.

A red rose is not selfish because it wants to be a red rose. It...

A red rose is not selfish because it wants to be a red rose. It...

Good taste is the excuse I've always given for leading such a bad life.

Good taste is the excuse I've always given for leading such a bad life.

The imagination imitates. It is the critical spirit that creates.

The imagination imitates. It is the critical spirit that creates.

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...

Mr. Henry James writes fiction as if it were a painful duty.

Mr. Henry James writes fiction as if it were a painful duty.

There's nothing in the world like the devotion of a married woman. It's a thing...

There's nothing in the world like the devotion of a married woman. It's a thing...

Biography lends to death a new terror.

Biography lends to death a new terror.

Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.

Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.

Plain women are always jealous of their husbands. Beautiful women never are. They are always...

Plain women are always jealous of their husbands. Beautiful women never are. They are always...

A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment...

A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment...

Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow.

Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow.

If there was less sympathy in the world, there would be less trouble in the...

If there was less sympathy in the world, there would be less trouble in the...