I am but too conscious of the fact that we are born in an age when only the dull are treated seriously, and I live in terror of not being misundersto… - Oscar Wilde

Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.

nothing that is worth knowing can be taught

I am but too conscious of the fact that we are born in an age when only the dull are treated seriously, and I live in terror of not being misunderstood.

Education is an admirable thing. But it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.

Well, I can't eat muffins in an agitated manner. The butter would probably get on my cuffs. One must eat muffins quite calmly, it is the only way to eat them.

There is no sin except stupidity.

All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling. To be natural is to be obvious, and to be obvious is to be inartistic.