Paradoxically though it may seem, it is none the less true t... - Oscar Wilde

"Art never harms itself by keeping aloof from the social problems of the day: rather, by so doing, it more completely realises for us that which we desire."

"In old days books were written by men of letters and read by the public. Nowadays books are written by the public and read by nobody."

"Life is never fair, and perhaps it is a good thing for most of us that it is not."

"If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all."

"The advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray, and the advantage of science is that it is not emotional."