Hearts Live By Being Wounded

To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness.

The best revenge is to live well.

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

She is very clever, too clever for a woman. She lacks the indefinable charm of weakness.

I am not laughing, Dorian; at least I am not laughing at you. But you should not say the greatest romance of your life. You should say the first romance of your life. You will always be loved, and you will always be in love with love. A grande passion is the privilege of people who have nothing to do. That is the one use of the idle classes of a country. Don't be afraid. There are exquisite things in store for you. This is merely the beginning.

Now art should never try to be popular. The public should try to make itself artistic.