

“In matters of grave importance, style, not sincerity, is the vital thing.”
― The Importance of Being Earnest
― The Importance of Being Earnest

“There is always something ridiculous about the emotions of people whom one has ceased to love.”
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
― The Picture of Dorian Gray

“In old days books were written by men of letters and read by the public. Nowadays books are written by the public and read by nobody.”
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“Society, as we have constituted it, will have no place for me, has none to offer; but Nature, whose sweet rains fall on unjust and just alike, will have clefts in the rocks where I may hide, and secret valleys in whose silence I may weep undisturbed. She will hang the night with stars so that I may walk abroad in the darkness without stumbling, and send the wind over my footprints so that none may track me to my hurt: she will cleanse me in great waters, and with bitter herbs make me whole.”
― De Profundis
― De Profundis
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