Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live; it is asking others to live as one wishes to life. Selfishness always aims at crating around it an absolutely uniformity of type.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.

Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.

When I was young I thought that money was the most important thing in life;...

When I was young I thought that money was the most important thing in life;...

You know what a woman's curiosity is.

You know what a woman's curiosity is.

A man's face is his autobiography. A woman's face is her work of fiction.

A man's face is his autobiography. A woman's face is her work of fiction.

A misanthrope I can understand - a womanthrope never

A misanthrope I can understand - a womanthrope never

No crime is vulgar, but all vulgarity is crime

No crime is vulgar, but all vulgarity is crime

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...

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

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

There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating; people who know absolutely...

There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating; people who know absolutely...

I do not approve of anything which tampers with natural ignorance

I do not approve of anything which tampers with natural ignorance

Simple pleasures are always the last refuge of the complex

Simple pleasures are always the last refuge of the complex

The difference between literature and journalism is that journalism is unreadable, and literature is not...

The difference between literature and journalism is that journalism is unreadable, and literature is not...

Good taste is the excuse I've always given for leading such a bad life.

Good taste is the excuse I've always given for leading such a bad life.

People who love only once in their lives are. . . shallow people. What they...

People who love only once in their lives are. . . shallow people. What they...

Death and vulgarity are the only two facts in the nineteenth century that one cannot...

Death and vulgarity are the only two facts in the nineteenth century that one cannot...

I suppose society is wonderfully delightful. To be in it is merely a bore. But...

I suppose society is wonderfully delightful. To be in it is merely a bore. But...

How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on...

How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on...

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

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

There is but one freedom, to put oneself right with death. After that everything is...

There is but one freedom, to put oneself right with death. After that everything is...

Everything's plastic, we're all gonna die.

Everything's plastic, we're all gonna die.

Sacrifice still exists everywhere, and everywhere the elect of each generation suffers for the salvation...

Sacrifice still exists everywhere, and everywhere the elect of each generation suffers for the salvation...

Of course it's the same old story. Truth usually is the same old story.

Of course it's the same old story. Truth usually is the same old story.