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Reason
I can stand brute force, but brute reason is quite unbearable.
There is something unfair about its use. It is hitting below
the intellect.
(The picture of Dorian Gray)
Relations
Relations are simply a tedious pack of people, who haven't
got the remotest knowledge of how to live, nor the smallest
instinct about when to die.
(The Importance of Being Earnest)
Sincerity
and Style
In matters of grave importance, style, not sincerity, is
the vital thing.
(The Importance of Being Earnest)
A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal
of it is absolutely fatal.
(The Critic as Artist)
Smoking
A cigarette is the perfect type of a perfect pleasure. It
is exquisite, and it leaves one unsatisfied. What more can
one want?
(The Picture of Dorian Gray)
I'm glad to hear you smoke. A man should always have an
occupation of some kind. There are far too many idle men
in London as it is.
Socialism
To make men Socialists is nothing, but to make Socialism
human is a great thing.
(Pall Mall Gazette)
Society
Never speak disrespectfully of Society. Only people who
can'tget into it do that.
(The Importance of Being Earnest)
I suppose society is wonderfully delightful! To be in it
is merely a bore. But to be out of it simply a tragedy.
(A Woman of No Importance)
Speaking
Your Mind
On an occasion of this kind it becomes more than a moral
duty to speak one's mind. It becomes a pleasure.
(The Importance of Being Earnest)
Stupidity
There is no sin except stupidity.
(The Critic as Artist)
Style
I don't wish to sign my name, though I am afraid everybody
will know who the writer is: one's style is one's signature
always.
(Letter to the Daily Telegraph)
Success
Success is a science; if you have the conditions, you get
the result.
(Letter)
Suffering
I can sympathise with everything, except suffering.
(The Portrait of Dorian Gray)
Suspense
This suspense is terrible. I hope it will last.
(The Importance of Being Earnest)
Talked
About
There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked
about, and that is not being talked about.
(The Portrait of Dorian Gray)
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