"To stake all one's life on a..." - Quote by Oscar Wilde

“It is personalities not principles that move the age.”

“Of course I have played outdoor games. I once played dominoes in an open air cafe in Paris.”

“Never speak disrespectfully of Society, Algernon. Only people who can’t get into it do that.”

“One reason people never attempt new things is their fear of failure.”

“Wisdom consists in being able to distinguish among dangers and make a choice of the least harmful.”

“On the ridge where the great artist moves forward, every step is an adventure, an extreme risk. In that risk, however, and only there, lays the freedom of Art.”

“I am strongly drawn to the simple life and am often oppressed by the feeling that I am engrossing an unnecessary amount of the labour of my fellow men. I regard class differences as contrary to justice and, in the last resort, based on force. I also consider that plain living is good for everybody, physically and mentally.”

“Of what significance is one's existence, one is basically unaware. What does a fish know about the water in which he swims all his life? The bitter and the sweet come from outside. The hard from within, from one's own efforts. For the most part I do what my own nature drives me to do. It is embarrassing to earn such respect and love for it.”

“I want your loves to be multiple. I don't want you to be a snob about anything. Anything you love, you do it.”