I was working on the proof of one of my poems all the morning and took out a comma. In the afternoon, I put it back in.
Oscar Wilde
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The conscience of an editor is purely decorative.
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Modern journalism is survival of the vulgarest.
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There is much to be said in favour of modern journalism. By giving us the opinions of the uneducated, it keeps us in touch with the ignorance of the community.
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I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read on the train.
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Every great man nowadays has his disciples, and it is always Judas who writes the biography.
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Whenever people talk to me about the weather, I always feel certain that they mean something else
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One should either be a work of art, or wear a work of art.
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Whistler, with all his faults, was never guilty of writing a line of poetry.
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I’m afraid I play no outdoor games at all, except dominoes. I have sometimes played dominoes outside a French caf̩.
Oscar Wilde