Those who try to lead the people can only do so by following the mob

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Force Quotes, Hypocrisy Quotes, Leadership Quotes

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...

His morality is all sympathy, just what morality should be

His morality is all sympathy, just what morality should be

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

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

Arguments are extremely vulgar, for everyone in good society holds exactly the same opinion.

Arguments are extremely vulgar, for everyone in good society holds exactly the same opinion.

The way of paradoxes is the way of truth.

The way of paradoxes is the way of truth.

Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of...

Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of...

Anybody can write a three-volume novel. It merely requires a complete ignorance of both life...

Anybody can write a three-volume novel. It merely requires a complete ignorance of both life...

A man's very highest moment is, I have no doubt at all, when he kneels...

A man's very highest moment is, I have no doubt at all, when he kneels...

I like men who have a future and women who have a past

I like men who have a future and women who have a past

I have nothing to declare except my genuis.

I have nothing to declare except my genuis.

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.

Young men want to be faithful, and are not; old men want to be faithless,...

Young men want to be faithful, and are not; old men want to be faithless,...

Looking good and dressing well is a necessity. Having a purpose in life is not.

Looking good and dressing well is a necessity. Having a purpose in life is not.

Life imitates art far more than art imitates Life.

Life imitates art far more than art imitates Life.

Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals.

Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals.

The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.

The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.

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...

Work is the curse of the drinking classes.

Work is the curse of the drinking classes.

I had lunch with a chess champion the other day. I knew he was a...

I had lunch with a chess champion the other day. I knew he was a...

The Internet: Transforming Society and Shaping the Future Through Chat

The Internet: Transforming Society and Shaping the Future Through Chat

Working for a federal agency was like trying to dislodge a prune skin from the...

Working for a federal agency was like trying to dislodge a prune skin from the...