She wore far too much rouge last night and not quite enough clothes. That is always a sign of despair in a woman.
Paradoxically though it may seem, it is none the less true that life imitates art far more than art imitates life.
The heart was made to be broken.
Fathers should be neither seen nor heard. That is the only proper basis for family life.
We live in an age that reads too much to be wise, and that thinks too much to be beautiful.
The world is made by the singer for the dreamer.
The true perfection of man lies not in what man has, but in what man is.
The happiness of a married man depends on the people he has not married.
Salomé, Salomé, dance for me. I pray thee dance for me. I am sad to-night. Yes, I am passing sad to-night. When I came hither I slipped in blood, which is an evil omen; and I heard, I am sure I heard...
People are very fond of giving away what they need most themselves.
Oh! it is absurd to have a hard-and-fast rule about what one should read and what one shouldn't. More than half of modern culture depends on what one shouldn't read.
Nothing spoils romance so much as a sense of humor in the woman
My dear boy, the people who love only once in their lives are really the shallow people. What they call their loyalty, and their fidelity, I call either the lethargy of custom or their lack of imagina...
I love scrapes. They are the only things that are never serious.Oh, that's nonsense, Algy. You never talk anything but nonsense.Nobody ever does.
I love acting. It is so much more real than life.
Conscience makes egotists of us all.
As for believing things, I can believe anything, provided that it is quite incredible.
Art only begins where Imitation ends.
In England, an inventor is regarded almost as a crazy man, and in too many instances, invention ends in disappointment and poverty. In America, an inventor is honoured, help is forthcoming, and the ex...
I've put my genius into my life I've only put my talent into my works.