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.

As for omens, there is no such thing as an omen. Destiny does not send us heralds. She is too wise or too cruel for that.

People who count their chickens before they are hatched act very wisely because chickens run about so absurdly that it's impossible to count them accurately...

Where there is no love there is no understanding.