I never came across anyone in whom the moral sense was dominant who was not
heartless, cruel, vindictive, log-stupid, and entirely lacking in the
smallest sense of humanity. Moral people, as they are termed, are simply
beasts. I would sooner have fifty unnatural vices than one unnatural
virtue. -- Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)
heartless, cruel, vindictive, log-stupid, and entirely lacking in the
smallest sense of humanity. Moral people, as they are termed, are simply
beasts. I would sooner have fifty unnatural vices than one unnatural
virtue. -- Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)
Related:
- On an occaision of this kind it becomes more than a moral duty to speak
one's mind.
It becomes a pleasure. --Oscar Wilde, from The Importance... - Nowadays most people die of a sort of creeping common sense,
and discover when it is too late that the only things... - I quite agree with you," said the Duchess; "and the moral of
that is -
`Be what you would seem to be' -- or, if you'd like... - I quite agree with you, said the Duchess; and the moral of that is -
'Be what you would seem to be' -- or, if you'd like... - I quite agree with you, said the Duchess; and the moral of
that is -
`Be what you would seem to be' -- or, if you'd like... - Relations are simply a tedious pack of people,
who haven't got the remotest knowledge of how to live,
nor the smallest instinct about when to die. -- Oscar... - Relations are simply a tedious pack of people, who haven't the remotest
knowledge of how to live,
nor the smallest instinct about when to die. -- Oscar... - Either that wallpaper goes, or I do." ~~ Oscar Wilde,
writer, d. November 30,...
