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

Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.

Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.

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...

He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.

He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.

And now, I am dying beyond my means.

And now, I am dying beyond my means.

Good taste is the excuse I've always given for leading such a bad life.

Good taste is the excuse I've always given for leading such a bad life.

I can believe anything as long as it is incredible

I can believe anything as long as it is incredible

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.

I want the dead lovers of the world to hear our laughter and grow sad....

I want the dead lovers of the world to hear our laughter and grow sad....

Women are meant to be loved, not to be understood.

Women are meant to be loved, not to be understood.

Seriousness is the last refuge of the shallow.

Seriousness is the last refuge of the shallow.

Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.

Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.

Anybody can make history; only a great man can write it

Anybody can make history; only a great man can write it

No woman should ever be quite accurate about her age. It looks so calculating.

No woman should ever be quite accurate about her age. It looks so calculating.

The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

Nothing spoils a romance so much as a sense of humor in the woman

Nothing spoils a romance so much as a sense of humor in the woman

I adore political parties. They are the only place left to us where people don't...

I adore political parties. They are the only place left to us where people don't...

Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.

Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.

I have met a lot of hardboiled eggs in my time, but you're twenty minutes.

I have met a lot of hardboiled eggs in my time, but you're twenty minutes.

Never trust a computer you can't throw out a window.

Never trust a computer you can't throw out a window.

Old age has a great sense of calm and freedom. When the passions have relaxed...

Old age has a great sense of calm and freedom. When the passions have relaxed...

We should be careful of the insults we fling at others, lest they return and...

We should be careful of the insults we fling at others, lest they return and...

I don't at all like knowing what people say of me behind my back. It...

I don't at all like knowing what people say of me behind my back. It...