Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man's original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has been made, through disobedience and through rebellion.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: History Quotes, Obedience Quotes

To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.

To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.

To become a spectator of one's own life is to escape the suffering of life.

To become a spectator of one's own life is to escape the suffering of life.

I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in...

I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in...

The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

By persistently remaining single a man converts himself into a permanent public temptation.

By persistently remaining single a man converts himself into a permanent public temptation.

Only the shallow know themselves.

Only the shallow know themselves.

Alas, I am dying beyond my means.

Alas, I am dying beyond my means.

Those who are faithful know only the trivial side of love; it is the faithless...

Those who are faithful know only the trivial side of love; it is the faithless...

True friends stab you in the front.

True friends stab you in the front.

True friends stab you in the front.

True friends stab you in the front.

Nature is always behind the age.

Nature is always behind the age.

Seriousness is the last refuge of the shallow.

Seriousness is the last refuge of the shallow.

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

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

A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally.

A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally.

Only the shallow know themselves.

Only the shallow know themselves.

If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend...

If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend...

Those who are faithful know only the trivial side of love: it is the faithless...

Those who are faithful know only the trivial side of love: it is the faithless...

Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.

Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.

The Death Penalty: Killing people that kill people to show people that killing people is...

The Death Penalty: Killing people that kill people to show people that killing people is...

A mind is like a parachute. If it doesn't open, you're fucked!

A mind is like a parachute. If it doesn't open, you're fucked!

I soon found that wit, like every other power, has its boundaries; that its success...

I soon found that wit, like every other power, has its boundaries; that its success...