A map of the world that does not include Utopia is not worth even glancing at, for it leaves out the one country at which Humanity is always landing.… - Oscar Wilde

A map of the world that does not include Utopia is not worth even glancing at, for it leaves out the one country at which Humanity is always landing.

It is a sad thing to think of, but there is no doubt that genius lasts longer than beauty. That accounts for the fact that we all take such pains to over-educate ourselves. In the wild struggle for existence, we want to have something that endures, and so we fill our minds with rubbish and facts, in the silly hope of keeping our place. The thoroughly well-informed man — that is the modern ideal. And the mind of the thoroughly well-informed man is a dreadful thing. It is like a bric-a-brac shop, all monsters and dust, with everything priced above its proper value.

Life is never fair, Robert. And perhaps it is a good thing for most of us that is is not.

There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.