I can stand brute force, but brute reason is quite unbearable. There is something unfair about its use. It is hitting below the intellect.

All art is quite useless... view

By: Oscar Wilde

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There is nothing in the world like the devotion of a married woman. It is a thing no married man knows anything about... view

By: Oscar Wilde

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There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written... view

By: Oscar Wilde

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Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation... view

By: Oscar Wilde

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The world has grown suspicious of anything that looks like a happily married life... view

By: Oscar Wilde

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The difference between literature and journalism is that journalism is unreadable and literature is not read... view

By: Oscar Wilde

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A man who does not think for himself does not think at all... view

By: Oscar Wilde

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Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known... view

By: Oscar Wilde

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The basis of optimism is sheer terror... view

By: Oscar Wilde

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To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune.. view

By: Oscar Wilde

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He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends... view

By: Oscar Wilde

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Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about... view

By: Oscar Wilde

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