"Sphinxes without secrets...." - Quote by Oscar Wilde

“Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities.”

“One should not be too severe on English novels; they are the only relaxation of the intellectually unemployed.”

“An optimist will tell you the glass is half-full; the pessimist, half-empty; and the engineer will tell you the glass is twice the size it needs to be.”

“His whole life was now summed up in two words: absolute uncertainty within an impenetrable fog.”

“What is it about fire that's so lovely? No matter what age we are, what draws us to it?...The thing man wanted to invent, but never did...If you let it go on, it'd burn our lifetimes out. What is fire? It is a mystery. Scientists give us gobbledygook about friction and molecules. But they don't really know. Its real beauty is that it destroys responsibility and consequences.”

“Life is a Mystery, not a problem waiting to be solved.”

“But what's so blessed-fair that fears no blot? Thou mayst be false, and yet I know it not.”

“Every one sees what you appear to be, few really know what you are, and those few dare not oppose themselves to the opinion of the many, who have the majesty of the state to defend them.”

“Love comes in at the eye.”