If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.
Oscar WildeSelf-denial is simply a method by which arrests his progress, and self-sacrifice a survival of the mutilation of the savage.
Oscar WildeIn America the young are always ready to give to those who are older than themselves the full benefits of their inexperience.
Oscar WildeIf you meet at dinner a man who has spent his life in educating himself - a rare type in our time ... you rise from table richer, and conscious that a high ideal has for a moment touched and sanctified your days. But Oh! my dear Ernest, to sit next to a man who has spent his life in trying to educate others! What a dreadful experience that is!
Oscar Wilde