Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling.

All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling.

Journalism justifies its own existence by the great Darwinian principle of the survival of the...

Journalism justifies its own existence by the great Darwinian principle of the survival of the...

Whenever cannibals are on the brink of starvation, Heaven, in its infinite mercy, sends them...

Whenever cannibals are on the brink of starvation, Heaven, in its infinite mercy, sends them...

A man who does not think for himself does not think at all.

A man who does not think for himself does not think at all.

Marriage is the one subject on which all women agree and all men disagree

Marriage is the one subject on which all women agree and all men disagree

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...

This suspense is terrible. I hope it will last.

This suspense is terrible. I hope it will last.

The strength of women comes from the fact that psychology cannot explain us. Men can...

The strength of women comes from the fact that psychology cannot explain us. Men can...

Young people, nowadays, imagine that money is everything, and when they grow older, they know...

Young people, nowadays, imagine that money is everything, and when they grow older, they know...

Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.

Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.

In the world there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants,...

In the world there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants,...

Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man's original virtue. It...

Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man's original virtue. It...

Most men and women are forced to perform parts for which they have no qualification.

Most men and women are forced to perform parts for which they have no qualification.

Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.

Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.

I have nothing to declare except my genuis.

I have nothing to declare except my genuis.

Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about.

Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about.

The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything. Except what is worth knowing. Journalism,...

The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything. Except what is worth knowing. Journalism,...

Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing.

Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing.

Analyses of others are actually expressions of our own needs and values.

Analyses of others are actually expressions of our own needs and values.

Aldo Leopold, the early 20th century's Henry David Thoreau, said that we should think like...

Aldo Leopold, the early 20th century's Henry David Thoreau, said that we should think like...