RainingOnAPainting

“Wilde had to live his life twice over, first in slow motion, then at top speed. During the first period he was a scapegrace, during the second a scapegoat. For the three and a half years he lived after his release from prison, he saw pass before him, mostly in dumb show, a multitude of people he had known earlier, who evaded him.”
― Richard Ellmann, Oscar Wilde

“Drift beautifully on the surface, and you will die unbeautifully in the depths.”
― Richard Ellmann

“If a man does not have sauce, then he is lost. But the same man can get lost in the sauce.”
― Gucci Mane

“It's a pity both sides can't lose (commenting on Iran-Iraq war, 1980 – 1988)”
― Henry Kissinger