Intellectual generalities are always interesting, but generalities in morals mean absolutely nothing.

Yes, very sensible... People die of common sense, Dorian, one lost moment at a time. Life is a moment. There is no hereafter. So make it burn always with the hardest flame.

Anybody can have common sense, provided that they have no imagination.

You know we poor artists have to show ourselves in society from time to time, just to remind the public that we are not savages.

Being natural is simply a pose, and the most irritating pose I know.

Live! Live the wonderful life that is in you! Let nothing be lost upon you. Be always searching for new sensations. Be afraid of nothing.

I am not in favour of this modern mania for turning bad people into good people at a moment's notice.