Anyone can sympathize with the sufferings of a friend; it requires a very fine nature to sympathize with a friend's success.

A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal.

Education is a wonderful thing, provided you always remember that nothing worth knowing can ever be taught.

The only duty we owe to history is to rewrite it.

Democracy is simply the bludgeoning of the people for the people by the people.

WORK IS THE CURSE OF THE DRINKING CLASSES.

CONSISTENCY IS THE LAST REFUGE THE UNIMAGINATIVE.

A CYNIC IS A MAN WHO KNOWS THE PRICES OF EVERYTHING BUT THE VALUE OF NOTHING.

(Oscar Wilde)