History does not repeat itself. The historians repeat one another.

Most women are not as young as they are painted.

What a lurid life Oscar Wilde does lead - so full of extraordinary incidents. What a chance for the memoir writers of the next century

The loveliest face in all the world will not please you if you see it suddenly eye to eye, at a distance of half an inch from your own.

True dandyism is the result of an artistic temperament working upon a fine body within the wide limits of fashion.

History does not repeat itself. The historians repeat one another.

The dullard's envy of brilliant men is always assuaged by the suspicion that they will come to a bad end.