"Illusion is the first of all pleasures...." - Quote by Oscar Wilde

“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.”

“The value of an idea has nothing whatever to do with the sincerity of the man who expresses it.”

“Learned conversation is either the affectation of the ignorant or the profession of the mentally unemployed.”

“The process of illusion & disillusionment is part of life and goes on endlessly.”

“The things they don't tell you in schools these days, geez. Have a look at your owners. The politicians are put there to give you the idea you have freedom of choice. You don't. You have no choice; you have owners. They own you. They own everything.”

“An age is the reversal of an age:When strangers murdered Emmet, Fitzgerald, Tone,We lived like men that watch a painted stage.What matter for the scene, the scene once gone:It had not touched our lives.”

“Say, what abridgement have you for this evening?What masque, what music? How shall we beguileThe lazy time if not with some delight?”

“I find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward, in the work that precedes what the world calls success.”

“It is difficult to get rid of people when you once have given them too much pleasure.”