The Soul of Man under Socialism Quotes

“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”

― Oscar Wilde, The Soul of Man under Socialism

topic:lifelivingexistence

“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

topic:knowledgeworth

“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

topic:friendshipsuccess

“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

topic:work

“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

topic:virtueprogress

“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

topic:povertymoney

“A man who does not think for himself does not think at all.”

― Oscar Wilde, The Soul of Man under Socialism

topic:thoughtpersonality

“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

topic:soul

“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

topic:living

“Art is the most intense mode of Individualism that the world has known.”

― Oscar Wilde, The Soul of Man under Socialism

topic:art