Work is the curse of the drinking classes.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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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.

One can survive everything, nowadays, except death, and live down everything except a good reputation.

One can survive everything, nowadays, except death, and live down everything except a good reputation.

Insincerity is merely a method by which we can multiply our personalities

Insincerity is merely a method by which we can multiply our personalities

In marriage, as in war, it is permitted to take every advantage of the enemy.

In marriage, as in war, it is permitted to take every advantage of the enemy.

Fathers should be neither seen nor heard. That is the only proper basis for family...

Fathers should be neither seen nor heard. That is the only proper basis for family...

By giving us the opinions of the uneducated, journalism keeps us in touch with the...

By giving us the opinions of the uneducated, journalism keeps us in touch with the...

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...

Women are meant to be loved, not to be understood.

Women are meant to be loved, not to be understood.

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...

Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of...

Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of...

Who, being loved, is poor?

Who, being loved, is poor?

Most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it is...

Most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it is...

Thinking is the most unhealthy thing in the world, and people die of it just...

Thinking is the most unhealthy thing in the world, and people die of it just...

Bachelors should be heavily taxed. It is not fair that some men should be happier...

Bachelors should be heavily taxed. It is not fair that some men should be happier...

The condition of perfection is idleness: the aim of perfection is youth.

The condition of perfection is idleness: the aim of perfection is youth.

Nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.

Nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.

There is no sin except stupidity.

There is no sin except stupidity.

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...

A man likes his wife to be just clever enough to appreciate his cleverness, and...

A man likes his wife to be just clever enough to appreciate his cleverness, and...

Man usually avoids attributing cleverness to somebody else unless it is an enemy.

Man usually avoids attributing cleverness to somebody else unless it is an enemy.

We live in an age when pizza gets to your home before the police.

We live in an age when pizza gets to your home before the police.

To be great is to be misunderstood.

To be great is to be misunderstood.