Work is the curse of the drinking classes.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation

Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation

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

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

Children begin by loving their parents; after a time they judge them; rarely, if ever,...

Children begin by loving their parents; after a time they judge them; rarely, if ever,...

The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything. Except what is worth knowing. Journalism,...

The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything. Except what is worth knowing. Journalism,...

One should always be in love. That is the reason one should never marry.

One should always be in love. That is the reason one should never marry.

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,...

Nothing is so aggravating than calmness.

Nothing is so aggravating than calmness.

One should never trust a woman who tells her real age. If she tells that,...

One should never trust a woman who tells her real age. If she tells that,...

This suspense is terrible. I hope it will last.

This suspense is terrible. I hope it will last.

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...

I have met a lot of hardboiled eggs in my time, but you're twenty minutes.

I have met a lot of hardboiled eggs in my time, but you're twenty minutes.

No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly.

No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly.

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;...

It is because Humanity has never known where it was going that it has been...

It is because Humanity has never known where it was going that it has been...

Vulgarity is simply the conduct of other people.

Vulgarity is simply the conduct of other people.

In America the President reigns for four years, and Journalism governs for ever and ever

In America the President reigns for four years, and Journalism governs for ever and ever

If you are not too long, I will wait here for you all my life.

If you are not too long, I will wait here for you all my life.

If one tells the truth, one is sure sooner or later to be found out

If one tells the truth, one is sure sooner or later to be found out

Principle is a passion for truth

Principle is a passion for truth

The truth of our faith becomes a matter of ridicule among the infidels if any...

The truth of our faith becomes a matter of ridicule among the infidels if any...