While to the claims of charity a man may yield and yet be free, to the claims of conformity no man may yield and remain free at all

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Charity Quotes, Freedom Quotes

Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.

Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.

A man who is master of himself can end a sorrow as easily as he...

A man who is master of himself can end a sorrow as easily as he...

To become a spectator of one's own life is to escape the suffering of life.

To become a spectator of one's own life is to escape the suffering of life.

A red rose is not selfish because it wants to be a red rose. It...

A red rose is not selfish because it wants to be a red rose. It...

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...

Women are made to be loved, not understood.

Women are made to be loved, not understood.

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.

Each of the professions means a prejudice. The necessity for a career forces every one...

Each of the professions means a prejudice. The necessity for a career forces every one...

I knew that I had come face to face with some one whose mere personality...

I knew that I had come face to face with some one whose mere personality...

His morality is all sympathy, just what morality should be

His morality is all sympathy, just what morality should be

Vulgarity is simply the conduct of other people.

Vulgarity is simply the conduct of other people.

Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing.

Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing.

Most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it is...

Most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it is...

Crying is the refuge of plain women but the ruin of pretty ones.

Crying is the refuge of plain women but the ruin of pretty ones.

Friendship is far more tragic than love, it lasts longer.

Friendship is far more tragic than love, it lasts longer.

The soul is born old but grows young. That is the comedy of life. And...

The soul is born old but grows young. That is the comedy of life. And...

Perhaps, after all, America never has been discovered. I myself would say that it has...

Perhaps, after all, America never has been discovered. I myself would say that it has...

Now that the House of Commons is trying to become useful, it does a great...

Now that the House of Commons is trying to become useful, it does a great...

Men marry because they are tired; women, because they are curious; both are disappointed.

Men marry because they are tired; women, because they are curious; both are disappointed.

Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching.

Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching.