Questions are never indiscreet. Answers sometimes are.
Oscar WildeFashion is what one wears oneself. What is unfashionable is what other people wear.
Just as vulgarity is simply the conduct of other people.
And falsehoods the truths of other people.
Other people are quite dreadful. The only possible society is oneself.
To love oneself is the beginning of a life-long romance.
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Well, she wore far too much rouge last night, and not quite enough clothes. That is always a sign of desperation in a woman.
Oscar WildeYou are remarkably modern, Mabel. A little too modern, perhaps. Nothing is so dangerous as being too modern. One is apt to grow old-fashioned quite suddenly.
Oscar WildeMy father told me to go to bed an hour ago. I don't see why I shouldn't give you the same advice. I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it. It is never of ant use to oneself.
Oscar WildeThe world seemed to me fine because you were in it, and goodness more real because you lived.
Oscar WildeOne should never give a woman anything she can't wear in the evening.
Oscar WildeEverybody one meets is a paradox nowadays. It is a great bore. It makes society so obvious.
Oscar WildeMy dear boy," said Lord Henry, smiling, "anybody can be good in the country. There are no temptations there. That is the reason why people who live out of town are so absolutely uncivilized. Civilization is not, by any means, an easy thing to attain to. There are only two ways by which men can reach it. One is by being cultured, the other by being corrupt. Country people have no opportunity of being either, so they stagnate.
Oscar WildeAll charming people are spoiled. It is the secret of their attraction.
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