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Basis Quotes by Oscar Wilde
- The aim of the liar is simply to charm, to delight, to give pleasure. He is the very basis of civilized society.
- The proper aim is to try and reconstruct society on such a basis that poverty will be impossible.
- Children have a natural antipathy to books- handicraft should be the basis of education. Boys and girls should be taught to use their hands to…
- Indeed, so far from being humorous, the male American is the most abnormally serious creature who ever existed.. It is only fair to admit that…
- The security of Society lies in custom and unconscious instinct, and the basis of the stability of Society, as a healthy organism, is the complete…
- The basis of optimism is sheer terror.
- Fathers should be neither seen nor heard. That is the only proper basis for family life.
- The basis of action is lack of imagination. It is the last resource of those who know not how to dream.
- Ultimately the bond of all companionship, whether in marriage or in friendship, is conversation, and conversation must have a common basis, and between two people…
- The proper basis for marriage is a mutual misunderstanding.
- The reason we all like to think so well of others is that we are all afraid for ourselves. The basis of optimism is sheer…
- The terror of society, which is the basis of morals, the terror of God, which is the secret of religion-these are the two things that…
- The proper basis for marriage is mutual misunderstanding. The happiness of a married man depends on the people he has not married. One should always…
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- Freud's view is that all love is sexual in its origin or its basis. Even those loves which do not appear to… — Mortimer Adler
- A common religion is not possible for India, but a recognition of a common basis for all religions, and the growth of… — Annie Besant
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