Intellectual generalities are always interesting, but generalities in morals mean absolutely nothing.
Oscar WildeKnow thyself' was written over the portal of the antique world. Over the portal of the new world, 'Be thyself' shall be written.
Oscar WildeWhen I ask for a water cress sandwich, I do not mean a loaf with a field in the middle of it.
Oscar WildeHow can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on treating her as if she were a perfectly normal human being.
Oscar WildeHow you can sit there, calmly eating muffins when we are in this horrible trouble, I canโt make out. You seem to me to be perfectly heartless." "Well, I canโt eat muffins in an agitated manner. The butter would probably get on my cuffs. One should always eat muffins quite calmly. It is the only way to eat them." "I say itโs perfectly heartless your eating muffins at all, under the circumstances.
Oscar Wilde