Quote #57

Being natural is simply a pose, and the most irritating pose I know.

More from Oscar Wilde

  1. A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies.
  2. Those who are faithful know only the trivial side of love; it is the faithless who know love's tragedies.
  3. Conscience and cowardice are really the same things.
  4. When I like people immensely, I never tell their names to any one. It is like surrendering a part of them.
  5. There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.
  6. The commonest thing is delightful if one only hides it.
  7. All bad art is the result of good intentions.
  8. The one charm of marriage is that it makes a life of deception absolutely necessary for both parties.

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