Yes, very sensible... People die of common sense, Dorian, one lost moment at a time. Life is a moment. There is no hereafter. So make it burn always with the hardest flame.

“A man who moralizes is a hypocrite, and a woman who does so is invariably plain.”

“sought to imprison within his brain some curious dream from which he feared he …”

“Life is not governed by will or intention. Life is a question of nerves, and fi…”

“The advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray.”