"Vulgarity is simply the conduct of other..." - Quote by Oscar Wilde

“When one is in town one amuses oneself. When one is in the country one amuses other people. It is excessively boring.”

“We think that we are generous because we credit our neighbor with those virtues that are likely to benefit ourselves. We praise the banker that we may overdraw our account, and find good qualities in the highwayman in the hope that he may spare our pockets.”

“America is one long expectoration.”

“One should absorb the colour of life, but one should never remember its details. Details are always vulgar.”

“Death and vulgarity are the only two facts in the nineteenth century that one cannot explain away.”

“Vulgarity is a necessary part of a complete author's equipment; and the clown is sometimes the best part of the circus.”

“Intelligence tests are biased toward the literate.”

“In all the ages, three-fourths of the support of the great charities has been conscience money.”

“Coming of age in a fascist police state will not be a barrel of fun for anybody, much less for people like me, who are not inclined to suffer Nazis gladly and feel only contempt for the cowardly flag-suckers who would gladly give up their outdated freedom to live for the mess of pottage they have been conned into believing will be freedom from fear.”