“It is what you read when you don’t have to that determines what you will be when you can’t help it.”
More from Oscar Wilde
“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
“A man who is master of himself can end a sorrow as easily as he can invent a pleasure.”
“Anybody can sympathize with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature…”
“Never love anyone who treats you like you're ordinary.”