When liberty comes with hands dabbled in blood it is hard to shake hands with her.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Liberty Quotes, Revolution Quotes, Violence Quotes

In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane.

In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane.

I dislike arguments of any kind. They are always vulgar, and often convincing.

I dislike arguments of any kind. They are always vulgar, and often convincing.

To give and not expect return, that is what lies at the heart of love.

To give and not expect return, that is what lies at the heart of love.

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...

The only real people are the people who never existed

The only real people are the people who never existed

The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple.

The pure and simple 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,...

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.

Wickedness is a myth invented by good people to account for the curious attractiveness of...

Wickedness is a myth invented by good people to account for the curious attractiveness of...

I see when men love women. They give them but a little of their lives....

I see when men love women. They give them but a little of their lives....

The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own...

The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own...

The typewriting machine, when played with expression, is no more annoying than the piano when...

The typewriting machine, when played with expression, is no more annoying than the piano when...

By persistently remaining single a man converts himself into a permanent public temptation.

By persistently remaining single a man converts himself into a permanent public temptation.

Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask,...

Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask,...

The supreme object of life is to live. Few people live. It is true life...

The supreme object of life is to live. Few people live. It is true life...

A poet can survive everything but a misprint.

A poet can survive everything but a misprint.

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.

Our ambition should be to rule ourselves, the true kingdom for each one of us;...

Our ambition should be to rule ourselves, the true kingdom for each one of us;...

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.

I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I...

I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I...