Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live.
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Oscar WildeThe Soul of Man under Socialism (1891)
About Oscar Wilde
Irish playwright and wit, author of The Importance of Being Earnest. (1854-1900)
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- To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young (1894)
- Experience is the name every one gives to their mistakes.Lady Windermere's Fan (1892), Act III
- We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.Lady Windermere's Fan (1892), Act III
- I can resist everything except temptation.Lady Windermere's Fan (1892), Act I
- There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890), ch. 1
- The truth is rarely pure and never simple.The Importance of Being Earnest (1895), Act I
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