"Life is too short to be taken..." - Quote by Oscar Wilde

“The ancient historians gave us delightful fiction in the form of fact; the modern novelist presents us with dull facts under the guise of fiction.”

“The only form of fiction in which real characters do not seem out of place is history. In novels they are detestable.”

“Society, civilized society at least, is never very ready to believe anything to the detriment of those who are both rich and fascinating. It feels instinctively that manners are of more importance than morals, and, in its opinion, the highest respectability is of much less value than the possession of a good chef.”

“A vocation is the backbone of life.”

“What is the most rigorous law of our being? Growth. No smallest atom of our moral, mental, or physical structure can stand still a year. It grows - it must grow; nothing can prevent it.”

“...every human being is doomed to die, which is the greatest of all failures.”

“What would men be without women? Scarce, sir...mighty scarce.”

“Intelligence always had a pornographic influence on me.”

“There two things that are infinite, human stupidity and the universe, I don't know about the universe”