Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people whom we personally dislike.
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Life is never fair, and perhaps it is a good thing for most of us that it is not.Oscar Wilde
It is grossly selfish to require of one's neighbour that he should think in the same way, and hold the same opinions. Why should he If he can think, he will probably think differently. If he cannot think, it is monstrous to require thought of any kind.
Oscar Wilde
There is much to be said in favor of modern journalism. By giving us the opinions of the uneducated, it keeps us in touch with the ignorance of the community. By carefully chronicling the current events of contemporary life, it shows us of what very little importance such events really are. By invariably discussing the unnecessary, it makes us understand what things are requisite for culture, and what are not.
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Society produces rogues, and education makes one rogue cleverer than another.
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Really, if the lower orders don't set us a good example, what on earth is the use of them.
Oscar Wilde
When one pays a visit it is for the purpose of wasting other people's time, not one's own.
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