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Ordinary women never appeal to one's imagination.They are limited to their century. No glamour every transfigures them. One knows their minds as easil...more

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It is perfectly monstrous,' he said, at last, 'the way people go about nowadays saying things against one behind one's back that are absolutely and en...more

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The one charm about the past is that it is the past. But women never know when the curtain has fallen. They always want a sixth act, and as soon as th...more

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People say sometimes that Beauty is superficial. That may be so. But at least it is not so superficial as Thought is. To me, Beauty is the wonder of w...more

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Beauty is one of the great facts of the world, like sunlight,or springtime, or the reflection in dark waters of that silver shell we call the moon. Yo...more

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Humanity takes itself too seriously. It is the world's original sin. If the cave-man had known how to laugh, History would have been different.

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Beauty is a form of Genius--is higher, indeed, than Genius, as it needs no explanation. It is one of the great facts of the world, like sunlight, or s...more

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There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.

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How sad it is!" murmured Dorian Gray with his eyes still fixed upon his own portrait. "How sad it is! I shall grow old, and horrible, and dreadful. Bu...more

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Women have no appreciation of good looks-at least, good women have not.

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And Beauty is a form of Genius - is higher, indeed, than Genius, as it needs no explanation.

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Why can't these American women stay in their own country? They are always telling us that it is the paradise for women.It is. That is the reason why, ...more

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Young people, nowadays, imagine that money is everything.Yes, murmured Lord Henry, settling his button-hole in his coat; and when they grow older they...more

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Women, as some witty Frenchman once put it, inspire us with the desire to do masterpieces and always prevent us from carrying them out.

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What are American dry-goods? asked the duchess, raising her large hands in wonder and accentuating the verb.American novels, answered Lord Henry.