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Oscar Wilde

“Unless one is wealthy there is no use in being a charming fellow. Romance is the priviledge of the rich, not the profession of the unemployed. The poor shall be practical and prosaic. It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating.”

Oscar Wilde, Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories
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Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories by Oscar Wilde
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