Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people whom we personally dislike.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Morality Quotes

Nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.

Nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.

Mr. Henry James writes fiction as if it were a painful duty.

Mr. Henry James writes fiction as if it were a painful duty.

There's a way of transferring funds that is even faster than electronic banking. It's called...

There's a way of transferring funds that is even faster than electronic banking. It's called...

True friends stab you in the front.

True friends stab you in the front.

A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.

A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.

The good ended happily, and the bad unhappily. That is what fiction means.

The good ended happily, and the bad unhappily. That is what fiction means.

God's eternal laws are kind-and break the heart of stone.

God's eternal laws are kind-and break the heart of stone.

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.

It takes a thoroughly good woman to do a thoroughly stupid thing

It takes a thoroughly good woman to do a thoroughly stupid thing

Only the shallow know themselves.

Only the shallow know themselves.

Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes, they...

Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes, they...

No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly.

No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly.

A man who is master of himself can end a sorrow as easily as he...

A man who is master of himself can end a sorrow as easily as he...

Plain women are always jealous of their husbands. Beautiful women never are. They are always...

Plain women are always jealous of their husbands. Beautiful women never are. They are always...

Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit.

Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit.

They afterwards took me to a dancing saloon where I saw the only rational method...

They afterwards took me to a dancing saloon where I saw the only rational method...

Scandal is gossip made tedious by morality

Scandal is gossip made tedious by morality

Appearance blinds, whereas words reveal.

Appearance blinds, whereas words reveal.

When people will not weed their own minds, they are apt to be overrun by...

When people will not weed their own minds, they are apt to be overrun by...

People who lack the clarity, courage, or determination to follow their own dreams will often...

People who lack the clarity, courage, or determination to follow their own dreams will often...

I will not lay down and put this narrow, stubborn agenda ahead of our families,...

I will not lay down and put this narrow, stubborn agenda ahead of our families,...