#ld

Our ambition should be to rule ourselves, the true kingdom for each one of us; and true progress is to know more, and be more, and to do more. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#each #kingdom #know #more #our

The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young know everything. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#everything #know #middle-aged #old #suspect

If one could only teach the English how to talk, and the Irish how to listen, society here would be quite civilized. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#could #english #here #how #irish

Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#exists #individuals #mental #only #real

Arguments are extremely vulgar, for everyone in good society holds exactly the same opinion. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#exactly #extremely #good #holds #opinion

There is something terribly morbid in the modern sympathy with pain. One should sympathise with the colour, the beauty, the joy of life. The less said about life's sores the better. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#beauty #better #colour #joy #less

Fathers should be neither seen nor heard. That is the only proper basis for family life. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#family #family life #fathers #heard #life

In America the young are always ready to give to those who are older than themselves the full benefits of their inexperience. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#america #benefits #full #give #inexperience

There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that others might pick them up. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#away #many #might #others #pick

One's past is what one is. It is the only way by which people should be judged. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#only #past #people #should #way