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The Soul of Man under Socialism quotes

Oscar Wilde

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“Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live. And unselfishness is letting other people’s lives alone, not interfering with them.” Oscar Wilde, The Soul of Man under Socialism
“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.” Oscar Wilde, The Soul of Man under Socialism
“A man who does not think for himself does not think at all.” Oscar Wilde, The Soul of Man under Socialism
“Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man’s original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has been made, through disobedience and through rebellion.” Oscar Wilde, The Soul of Man under Socialism
“Art is the most intense mode of Individualism that the world has known.” Oscar Wilde, The Soul of Man under Socialism
“The fact is, that the public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything, except what is worth knowing.” Oscar Wilde, The Soul of Man under Socialism
“Now Art should never try to be popular. The public should try to make itself artistic.” Oscar Wilde, The Soul of Man under Socialism
“Anybody can sympathise with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature—it requires, in fact, the nature of a true Individualist—to sympathise with a friend's success.” Oscar Wilde, The Soul of Man under Socialism
“But there is no necessity to separate the monarch from the mob; all authority is equally bad.” Oscar Wilde, The Soul of Man under Socialism
“Ordinary riches can be stolen from a man. Real riches cannot. In the treasury-house of your soul, there are infinitely precious things, that may not be taken from you.” Oscar Wilde, The Soul of Man under Socialism
“Wherever there is a man who exercises authority, there is a man who resists authority.” Oscar Wilde, The Soul of Man under Socialism
“There is only one class in the community that thinks more about money than the rich, and that is the poor. The poor can think of nothing else.” Oscar Wilde, The Soul of Man under Socialism
“Progress is the realisation of Utopias.” Oscar Wilde, The Soul of Man under Socialism
“Man is made for something better than disturbing dirt. All work of that kind should be done by a machine.” Oscar Wilde, The Soul of Man under Socialism

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