This suspense is terrible. I hope it will last.
Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.
What is the difference between literature and journalism? Oh! Journalism is unreadable, and literature is not read.
We have really everything in common with America nowadays, except, of course, language.
To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness.[to Mr. Worthing]
Sometimes the poor are praised for being thrifty. But to recommend thrift to the poor is both grotesque and insulting. It is like advising a man who is starving to eat less.
One can survive everything nowadays, except death, and live down anything except a good reputation.
It is only the modern that ever becomes old-fashioned.
It is always a silly thing to give advice, but to give good advice is absolutely fatal.
I am so clever that sometimes I don’t understand a single word of what I am saying.
How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on treating her as if she was a perfectly rational being?
Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.
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