A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.

The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

This ghastly state of things is what you call Bunburying, I suppose? Algernon. Yes, and a perfectly wonderful Bunbury it is. The most wonderful Bunbury I have ever had in my life. Jack. Well, you've no right whatsoever to Bunbury here. Algernon. That is absurd. One has a right to Bunbury anywhere one chooses. Every serious Bunburyist knows that.

Yes, I am a thorough republican. No other form of government is so favorable to the growth of art.

Life cheats us with shadows. We ask it for pleasure. It gives it to us with bitterness and disappointment in its train.

Is insincerity such a terrible thing? I think not. It is merely a method by which we can multiply our personalities.

My wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the death. One of us has got to go.