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“Shoot, if you must, this old gray head,
But spare your country’s flag,” she said.
John Greenleaf Whittier1807–1892Barbara Frietchie (1863)In context
- Courage
- Patriotism
When a person doesn’t have gratitude, something is missing in his or her humanity. A person can almost be defined by his or her attitude toward gratitude.
Elie Wiesel1928–2016Interview in O: The Oprah Magazine (November 2000)
- Character
You must intervene. You must interfere. And that is actually the motto of human rights.
Elie Wiesel1928–2016Commencement ceremony (Class of 2011) at Washington University in St. Louis.
- Justice
- Responsibility
Women love us for our defects. If we have enough of them, they will forgive us everything, even our intellects.
Oscar Wilde1854–1900The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890)In context
- Forgiveness
- Women
The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.
Oscar Wilde1854–1900
- Forgiveness
- Genius
Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live.
Oscar Wilde1854–1900The Soul of Man Under Socialism (1891)
- Character
Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.
Oscar Wilde1854–1900“The Relation of Dress to Art”, The Pall Mall Gazette (February 28, 1885)
- Character
The note of the perfect personality is not rebellion, but peace.
Oscar Wilde1854–1900The Soul of Man Under Socialism (1891)
- Character
All charming people, I fancy, are spoiled. It is the secret of their attraction.
Oscar Wilde1854–1900“The Portrait of Mr. W. H.”, Blackwood’s Magazine (July 1889)
- Character
The things people say of a man do not alter a man. He is what he is. Public opinion is of no value whatsoever.
Oscar Wilde1854–1900The Soul of Man Under Socialism (1891)
- Character
It is immoral to use private property in order to alleviate the horrible evils that result from the institution of private property.
Oscar Wilde1854–1900The Soul of Man Under Socialism (1891)
- Charity
- Economics
The true perfection of man lies, not in what man has, but in what man is.
Oscar Wilde1854–1900The Soul of Man under Socialism (1891)
- Character
Being natural is simply a pose, and the most irritating pose I know
Oscar Wilde1854–1900The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891), Chapter IIn context
- Character
“Conscience and cowardice are really the same things, Basil. Conscience is the trade-name of the firm. That is all.”
Oscar Wilde1854–1900The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891), Chapter IIn context
- Courage
- Morality
I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than anything else in the world.
Oscar Wilde1854–1900The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891), Chapter IIn context
- Character