"Selfishness is not living as one wishes..." - Quote by Oscar Wilde
Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live.
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“Genius lasts longer than beauty”
“I am quite incapable of understanding how any work of art can be criticized from a moral standpoint. The sphere of art and the sphere of ethics are absolutely distinct and separate.”
“Action is limited and relative. Unlimited and absolute is the vision of him who sits at ease and watches, who walks in loneliness and dreams.”
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“Those who live to the future must always appear selfish to those who live to the present.”
“In socialism, private property is anathema, and equal distribution of income the first consideration. In capitalism, private property is cardinal, and distribution left to ensue from the play of free contract and selfish interest on that basis, no matter what anomalies it may present.”
“Selfishness is blind.”
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“Whatever it is, it's better in the wind.”
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“I'm black, I don't feel burdened by it and I don't think it's a huge responsibility. It's part of who I am. It does not define me.”