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Intellect is in itself an exaggeration, and destroys the harmony of any face. The moment one sits down to think, one becomes all nose, or all forehead, or something horrid.

From the point of view of form, the type of all the arts is the art of the musician. From the point of view of feeling, the actor's craft is the type.

For his mourners will be outcast men, And outcasts always mourn.

I remember having read somewhere, in some strange book, that when the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers.

The Americans are an extremely interesting people. They are absolutely reasonable. I think that is their distinguishing characteristic...I assure you there is no nonsense about the Americans.

I shall write it in my diary to-night What? That a burnt child loves the fire

I await the revises, and promise you not to 'make my quietus with a bare bodkin' till I have returned them. After that, I think of retiring. But first I would like to dine with you here. To leave life as one leaves a feast is not merely philosophy but romance.

I don't desire to change anything in England except the weather

Jack.  [In a very patronising manner.]  My dear fellow, the truth isn't quite the sort of thing one tells to a nice, sweet, refined girl.  What extraordinary ideas you have about the way to behave to a woman!

Meredith is a prose Browning. So is Browning.

Detesto todos los argumentos! Son siempre vulgares, y a menudo convincentes.

A misanthrope I can understand—a womanthrope, never!

What is the difference between scandal and gossip? Oh! gossip is charming! History is merely gossip, but scandal is gossip made tedious by morality.

Indeed, the probabilities are that the more insincere the man is, the more purely intellectual will the idea be, as in that case it will not be coloured by either his wants, his desires, or his prejudices.

That awful thing, a woman's memory!

JACK: Yes, but said yourself that a severe chill was not hereditary. ALGERNON: It usen't to be, I know - but I daresay it is now. Science is always making wonderful improvements in things.

But this murder--was it to dog him all his life? Was he always to be burdened by his past? Was he really

To the philosopher women represent the triumph of matter over mind, just as men represent the triumph of mind over morals.

I must confess that most modern mysticism seems to me to be simply a method of imparting useless knowledge in a form that no one can understand

In matters of grave importance, style, not sincerity is the vital thing.

Fortunately in England, at any rate, education produces no effect whatsoever.  If it did, it would prove a serious danger to the upper classes, and probably lead to acts of violence in Grosvenor Square. 

Never trust a woman who wears mauve, whatever her age may be, or a woman over thirty-five who is fond of pink ribbons. It always means that they have a history.

There is always something infinitely mean about other people's tragedies.

I would suggest that we should appeal to Science to put us straight. The advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray, and the advantage of Science is that it is not emotional.