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

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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Indeed, in many respects she was quite English and was an excellent example of the...

Indeed, in many respects she was quite English and was an excellent example of the...

In modern life nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude. It makes the...

In modern life nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude. It makes the...

How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on...

How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on...

I can stand brute force, but brute reason is quite unbearable. There is something unfair...

I can stand brute force, but brute reason is quite unbearable. There is something unfair...

Why was I born with such contemporaries?

Why was I born with such contemporaries?

Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that...

Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that...

Skepticism is the beginning of faith.

Skepticism is the beginning of faith.

Everything popular is wrong.

Everything popular is wrong.

It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances

It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances

It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will...

It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will...

Love is like a booger. You keep picking at it until you get it, then...

Love is like a booger. You keep picking at it until you get it, then...

The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it... I can...

The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it... I can...

I always like to know everything about my new friends, and nothing about my old...

I always like to know everything about my new friends, and nothing about my old...

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.

He to whom the present is the only thing that is present, knows nothing of...

He to whom the present is the only thing that is present, knows nothing of...

My own business always bores me to death; I prefer other people's.

My own business always bores me to death; I prefer other people's.

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...

Anybody can be good in the country

Anybody can be good in the country

No man is free who is a slave to the flesh

No man is free who is a slave to the flesh

That's one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind.

That's one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind.