Oscar Wilde: England has done one thing; it has invented and established Public Opinion, which is an attempt to organize the ignoranc

England has done one thing; it has invented and established Public Opinion, whic — Oscar Wilde

England has done one thing; it has invented and established Public Opinion, which is an attempt to organize the ignorance of the community, and to elevate it to the dignity of physical force.

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Truth, in the matters of religion, is simply the opinion that has survived. — Oscar Wilde
Yet each man kills the thing he loves By each let this be heard, Some do it with — Oscar Wilde
Starvation, and not sin, is the parent of modern crime. — Oscar Wilde
And, after all, what is a fashion? From the artistic point of view, it is usuall — Oscar Wilde
The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions. — Leonardo da Vinci
All eating is a kind of proselytising — a kind of dogmatising — a maintaining th — Samuel Butler
Let opinion be taken away, and no man will think himself wronged. If no man shal — Marcus Aurelius
The public buys its opinions as it buys its meat, or takes in its milk, on the p — Samuel Butler
He who possesses a firm faith, although in solitude, is not alone. — Berthold Auerbach
Grau, theurer Freund, ist alle Theorie, Und grün des Lebens goldner Baum. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Life and death are balanced as it were on the edge of a razor. — Samuel Butler
Praise shames me, for I secretly beg for it. — Rabindranath Tagore