I love hearing my relations abused. It is the only thing that makes me put up with them at all.
Tag: Oscar Wilde
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There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.
Beauty is the wonder of wonders. It is only the shallow people who do not judge by appearances.
We can forgive a man for making a useful thing as long as he does not admire it. The only excuse for making a useless thing is that one admires it intensely. All art is quite useless.
When one is in town one amuses oneself. When one is in the country one amuses other people. It is excessively boring.
I think that God in creating Man somewhat overestimated his ability.
A cigarette is the perfect type of a perfect pleasure. It is exquisite, and it leaves one unsatisfied. What more can one want?
All art is quite useless.