I suppose society is wonderfully delightful.
   To be in it is merely a bore.
       But to be out of it simply a tragedy.
 
 

I never travel without my diary.
    One should always have something sensational to read in the train.
 
 

All women become like their mothers.
    That is their tragedy.
No man does.
    That's his.
 
 

I hope you have not been leading a double life,
pretending to be wicked and being really good all the time.
    That would be hypocrisy.
 
 

Nowadays most people die of a sort of commonsense.
 
 

To be modern is the only thing worth being nowadays.
 
 

Each time that one loves is the only time one has ever loved.
    Difference of object does not alter singleness of passion.
        It merely intensifies it.
We can have but one great experience at best,
    and the secret of life is to reproduce that experience as often as possible.
(The Picture of Dorian Gray)
 
 

A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies.
(The Picture of Dorian Gray)
 
 

Always forgive your enemies;
    nothing annoys them so much.
 
 

The way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it.
 
 

The only thing to do with good advice is pass it on;
    it is never of any use to oneself.
 
 

Ah, well, then I suppose I shall have to die beyond my means.
(Oscar Wilde's last words)
 
 

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

Beauty, real beauty, ends where intellectual expression begins.
 
 

One should always be a little improbable.
 
 

Education is an admirable thing,
    but it is as well to remember that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.
 
 

The bond of all companionship,
    whether in marriage or in friendship,
        is conversation.
 
 

To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.
 
 

To be popular one must be a mediocrity.
 
 

There is no sin except stupidity.
 
 

It is a much cleverer thing to talk nonsense
    than to listen to it.
 
 

We are all in the gutter,
    but some of us are looking at the stars.
 
 

There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about,
    and that is not being talked about.
 
 

A cigarette is the perfect type of a perfect pleasure.
    It is exquisite, and it leaves one unsatisfied.
 
 

Time is a waste of money.
 
 

Friendship is much more tragic than love.
    It lasts longer.
 
 

Anything becomes a pleasure if one does it too often.
 
 
 
 
 
 

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