Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live; it is asking others to live as one wishes to live. And unselfishness is letting other people's lives alone, not interfering with them. Selfishness always aims at uniformity of type. Unselfishness…

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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A man can't be too careful in the choice of his enemies.

A man can't be too careful in the choice of his enemies.

The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

We live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities.

We live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities.

Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that...

Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that...

Biography lends to death a new terror.

Biography lends to death a new terror.

It is always a silly thing to give advice, but to give good advice is...

It is always a silly thing to give advice, but to give good advice is...

Everything will change. The only question is growing up or decaying.

Everything will change. The only question is growing up or decaying.

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

The aim of life is self-development. To realize one's nature perfectly - that is what...

The aim of life is self-development. To realize one's nature perfectly - that is what...

It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will...

It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will...

Those whom the gods love grow young.

Those whom the gods love grow young.

My own business always bores me to death; I prefer other people's.

My own business always bores me to death; I prefer other people's.

There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that...

There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that...

All art is quite useless.

All art is quite useless.

When good Americans die they go to Paris.

When good Americans die they go to Paris.

Between men and women there is no friendship possible. There is passion, enmity, worship, love,...

Between men and women there is no friendship possible. There is passion, enmity, worship, love,...

It is a curious fact that people are never so trivial as when they take...

It is a curious fact that people are never so trivial as when they take...

How strange a thing this is! The Priest telleth me that the Soul is worth...

How strange a thing this is! The Priest telleth me that the Soul is worth...

Priests are no more necessary to religion than politicians to patriotism

Priests are no more necessary to religion than politicians to patriotism

God is cruel. Sometimes he makes you live.

God is cruel. Sometimes he makes you live.