“Knowledge would be fatal. It is the uncertainty that charms one. A mist makes things wonderful.”

“It is the uncertainty that charms one. A mist makes things wonderful.”

“Are you very much in love with him?' he asked. She did not answer for some time, but stood gazing at the landscape.'I wish I knew' she said at last.He shook his head. -'Knowledge would be fatal. It is the uncertainty that charms one. A mist makes things wonderful.All ways end at the same point, my dear Gladys.'--'What is that?'-'Disillusion.”

“The things one feels absolutely certain about are never true. That is the fatality of faith, and the lesson of romance.”

“There is a fatality about all physical and intellectual distinction, the sort of fatality that seems to dog through history the faltering steps of kings. It is better not to be different from one's fellows. The ugly and the stupid have the best of it in this world. They can sit at their ease and gape at the play. If they know nothing of victory, they are at least spared the knowledge of defeat. They live as we all should live, undisturbed, indifferent, and without disquiet.”

“Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.”

“A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal.”