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Political literature7 quotes
To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all. — Oscar Wilde · 1891Wherever there is a man who exercises authority, there is a man who resists authority. — Oscar Wilde · 1891Starvation, and not sin, is the parent of modern crime. — Oscar Wilde · 1891The true artist is a man who believes absolutely in himself, because he is absolutely himself. — Oscar Wilde · 1891Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man's original virtue. — Oscar Wilde · 1891Anybody can sympathise with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature...to sympathise with a friend's success. — Oscar Wilde · 1891All 7 quotes →Comedic play2 quotes
We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. — Oscar Wilde · 1892Between men and women there is no friendship possible. There is passion, enmity, worship, love, but no friendship. — Oscar Wilde · 1892Tragic play1 quote
One can live for years sometimes, without living at all, and then all life comes crowding into a single hour. — Oscar Wilde · 1880