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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The old believe everything; the middle aged suspect everything: the young know everything.

The old believe everything; the middle aged suspect everything: the young know everything.

The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is...

The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is...

The truth is rarely pure and never simple.

The truth is rarely pure and never simple.

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,...

America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.

America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.

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...

Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far...

Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far...

Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time...

Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time...

The well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves.

The well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves.

While to the claims of charity a man may yield and yet be free, to...

While to the claims of charity a man may yield and yet be free, to...

It (cricket) requires one to assume such indecent postures

It (cricket) requires one to assume such indecent postures

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.

I welcome this opportunity of pricking the bloated bladder of lies with the poniard of...

I welcome this opportunity of pricking the bloated bladder of lies with the poniard of...

Appearance blinds, whereas words reveal.

Appearance blinds, whereas words reveal.

One's real life is often the life that one does not lead

One's real life is often the life that one does not lead

The world has grown suspicious of anything that looks like a happily married life.

The world has grown suspicious of anything that looks like a happily married life.

Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.

Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.

Arguments are to be avoided: they are always vulgar and often convincing.

Arguments are to be avoided: they are always vulgar and often convincing.

What we have to do, what at any rate it is our duty to do,...

What we have to do, what at any rate it is our duty to do,...

Ambition is the last refuge of the failure.

Ambition is the last refuge of the failure.