"In England it is enough for a..." - Quote by Oscar Wilde

“The function of the artist is to invent, not to chronicle.”

“One's real life is so often the life that one does not lead.”

“There is always something infinitely mean about other people's tragedies.”

“Cheap little rhymes A cheap little tune Are sometimes as dangerous As a sliver of the moon.”

“Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist.”

“Negro writers, just by being black, have been on the blacklist all our lives. Do you know that there are libraries in our country that will not stock a book by a Negro writer, not even as a gift? There are towns where Negro newspapers and magazines cannot be sold except surreptitiously. There are American magazines that have never published anything by Negroes. There are film studios that have never hired a Negro writer. Censorship for us begins at the color line.”

“Your honor, why would anyone in their right mind park in the passing lane?”

“I hope in these days we have heard the last of conformity and consistency. Let the words be gazetted and ridiculous henceforward.Instead of the gong for dinner, let us hear a whistle from the Spartan fife.”

“The first opinion that occurs to us when we are suddenly asked about something is usually not our own but only the current one pertaining to our class, position, or parentage; our own opinions seldom swim on the surface.”