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

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.

I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.

I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.

Biography lends to death a new terror.

Biography lends to death a new terror.

In examinations, the foolish ask questions the wise cannot answer.

In examinations, the foolish ask questions the wise cannot answer.

All that I desire to point out is the general principle that life imitates art...

All that I desire to point out is the general principle that life imitates art...

Charity creates a multitude of sins.

Charity creates a multitude of sins.

I think that God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability.

I think that God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability.

In examinations, the foolish ask questions the wise cannot answer.

In examinations, the foolish ask questions the wise cannot answer.

The security of Society lies in custom and unconscious instinct, and the basis of the...

The security of Society lies in custom and unconscious instinct, and the basis of the...

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.

I am the only person in the world I should like to know thoroughly.

I am the only person in the world I should like to know thoroughly.

I regard the theatre as the greatest of all art forms, the most immediate way...

I regard the theatre as the greatest of all art forms, the most immediate way...

Until this moment, I never understood how hard it was to lose something you never...

Until this moment, I never understood how hard it was to lose something you never...

Young people, nowadays, imagine that money is everything, and when they grow older, they know...

Young people, nowadays, imagine that money is everything, and when they grow older, they know...

Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.

Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.

Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when...

Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when...

They afterwards took me to a dancing saloon where I saw the only rational method...

They afterwards took me to a dancing saloon where I saw the only rational method...

Experience is the name every one gives to their mistakes.

Experience is the name every one gives to their mistakes.

The reward of slavery has been made to look perhaps more aesthetically pleasing than the...

The reward of slavery has been made to look perhaps more aesthetically pleasing than the...

After sleeping through a hundred million centuries we have finally opened our eyes on a...

After sleeping through a hundred million centuries we have finally opened our eyes on a...

You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So...

You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So...

Don't take 'no' for an answer, never submit to failure. Do not be fobbed off...

Don't take 'no' for an answer, never submit to failure. Do not be fobbed off...