Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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Religion is the fashionable substitute for belief

Religion is the fashionable substitute for belief

In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane.

In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane.

Skepticism is the beginning of faith.

Skepticism is the beginning of faith.

He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.

He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.

Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry,...

Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry,...

While we look to the dramatist to give romance to realism, we ask of the...

While we look to the dramatist to give romance to realism, we ask of the...

There is something terribly morbid in the modern sympathy with pain. One should sympathise with...

There is something terribly morbid in the modern sympathy with pain. One should sympathise with...

You know what a woman's curiosity is.

You know what a woman's curiosity is.

I like men who have a future and women who have a past

I like men who have a future and women who have a past

As yet, Bernard Shaw hasn't become prominent enough to have any enemies, but none of...

As yet, Bernard Shaw hasn't become prominent enough to have any enemies, but none of...

To expect the unexpected shows a thoroughly modern intellect.

To expect the unexpected shows a thoroughly modern intellect.

There are two ways of disliking poetry; one way is to dislike it, the other...

There are two ways of disliking poetry; one way is to dislike it, the other...

Those whom the gods love grow young.

Those whom the gods love grow young.

Most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it is...

Most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it is...

Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask,...

Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask,...

Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses...

Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses...

All that I desire to point out is the general principle that life imitates art...

All that I desire to point out is the general principle that life imitates art...

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...

In this, our age of infamy Man's choice is but to be A tyrant, traitor,...

In this, our age of infamy Man's choice is but to be A tyrant, traitor,...

We prefer world law, in the age of self-determination, to world war in the age...

We prefer world law, in the age of self-determination, to world war in the age...

Zombies are looking for brains. Don't worry. You're safe.

Zombies are looking for brains. Don't worry. You're safe.