“nothing is really beautiful unless it is useless; everything useful is ugly for it expresses a need” ― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
“The truth is rarely pure and never simple.” ― Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest
Kokoro is a 1914 Japanese novel by Natsume Soseki(夏目 漱石). It is the final part of a triology starting with To the Spring Equinox and Beyong (1912) and followed by The Wayfarer (1912). Its title was first printed as Kokoro: Sensei no isho (心 先生の遺書). However, it was usually read as the heart of things.
“Words are not meant to stir the air only: they are capable of moving greater things.” ― Natsume Soseki