Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow.

Author: Oscar Wilde

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To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.

We are all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars.

Never love anyone who treats you like you're ordinary.

Nothing can cure the soul but the senses just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul.

Just as true humor is laughter at oneself, true humanity is knowledge of oneself.

Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.

Jokes? There are no jokes. The truth is the funniest joke of all.

The more pity that fools may not speak wisely what wise men do foolishly.