I can stand brute force, but brute reason is quite unbearable. There is something unfair about its use. It is hitting below the intellect.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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When liberty comes with hands dabbled in blood it is hard to shake hands with...

When liberty comes with hands dabbled in blood it is hard to shake hands with...

I dislike arguments of any kind. They are always vulgar, and often convincing.

I dislike arguments of any kind. They are always vulgar, and often convincing.

All trials are trials for one's life, just as all sentences are sentences of death.

All trials are trials for one's life, just as all sentences are sentences of death.

Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses...

Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses...

One's past is what one is. It is the only way by which people should...

One's past is what one is. It is the only way by which people should...

One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards.

One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards.

Few parents nowadays pay any regard to what their children say to them. The old...

Few parents nowadays pay any regard to what their children say to them. The old...

Work is the refuge of people who have nothing better to do

Work is the refuge of people who have nothing better to do

The sign of a Philistine age is the cry of immorality against art.

The sign of a Philistine age is the cry of immorality against art.

A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything but the value of...

A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything but the value of...

In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane.

In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane.

One's real life is often the life that one does not lead.

One's real life is often the life that one does not lead.

Wickedness is a myth invented by good people to account for the curious attractiveness of...

Wickedness is a myth invented by good people to account for the curious attractiveness of...

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...

One can give a really unbiased opinion only about things that do not interest one

One can give a really unbiased opinion only about things that do not interest one

Authority is quite degrading

Authority is quite degrading

Who, being loved, is poor?

Who, being loved, is poor?

Temperament is the primary requisite for the critic - a temperament exquisitely susceptible to beauty,...

Temperament is the primary requisite for the critic - a temperament exquisitely susceptible to beauty,...

To have a liberal temperament is a kind of psychological boon, To be able to...

To have a liberal temperament is a kind of psychological boon, To be able to...

Age does not depend upon years, but upon temperament and health. Some men are born...

Age does not depend upon years, but upon temperament and health. Some men are born...