"I never came across anyone in whom..." - Quote by Oscar Wilde

“When a love comes to an end, weaklings cry, efficient ones instantly find another love, and the wise already have one in reserve.”

“Oh, no doubt the cod is a splendid swimmer - admirable for swimming purposes but not for eating.”

“Music is the perfect type of art.”

“There are unjust laws as there are unjust men.”

“Man is sent into the world to perform his duty even at the cost of his life.”

“Hypocrisy and distortion are passing currents under the name of religion”

“Pride... is a very common failing, I believe. By all that I have ever read, I am convinced that it is very common indeed; that human nature is particularly prone to it, and that there are very few of us who do not cherish a feeling of self-complacency on the score of some quality or the other, real or imaginary. Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us.”

“For every man's nature is concealed with many folds of disguise, and covered as it were with various veils. His brows, his eyes, and very often his countenance, are deceitful, and his speech is most commonly a lie.”

“A man far oftener appears to have a decided character from persistently following his temperament than from persistently following his principles.”