“With the abolition of private property, then, we shall have true, beautiful, healthy Individualism. Nobody will waste his life in accumulating things,… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“For the recognition of private property has really harmed Individualism, and obscured it, by confusing a man with what he possesses. It… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“It is immoral to use private property in order to alleviate the horrible evils that result from the institution of private property. ” — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
[T]he recognition of private property has really harmed Individualism, and obscured it, by confusing a man with what he possesses. It has… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“For the recognition of private property has really harmed Individualism, and obscured it, by confusing a man with what he possesses.” — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
If property had simply pleasures, we could stand it; but its duties make it unbearable. In the interest of the rich we… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
It is immoral to use private property in order to alleviate the horrible evils that result from the institutions of private property. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
The books that the world calls immoral are the books that show the world its own shame. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share
Bachelors should be heavily taxed. It is not fair that some men should be happier than others — Oscar Wilde Copy Share
“Basil my dear boy puts everything that is charming in him into his work. The consequence is that he has nothing left for life… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share
I don't at all like knowing what people say of me behind my back. It makes me far too conceited. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share
“If these elements of beauty are real, the whole thing simply appeals to our sense of dramatic effect. Suddenly we find that we are… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share
“Those who find beautiful meanings in beautiful things are the cultivated. For these there is hope.” — Oscar Wilde Copy Share
Men always want to be a womans first love. Women have a more subtle instinct: What they like is to be a mans last… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share
Why is it that at a bachelor's establishment the servants invariably drink the champagne. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share
Moderation is a fatal thing. Enough is as bad as a meal. More than enough is as good as a feast. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share
Beauty is the only thing that time cannot harm. Philosophies fall away like sand, creeds follow one another, but what is beautiful is a… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share