Quote by Oscar Wilde
If one could only teach the English how to talk, and the Irish how

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

Other quotes by Oscar Wilde

There is nothing in the world like the devotion of a married woman. It is a thing no married man knows anything about. – Oscar Wilde

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There is luxury in self-reproach…. When we blame ourselves we feel no one else has a right to blame us. – Oscar Wilde

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Self
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We are not just here to manage capitalism but to change society and to define its finer values. – Tony Benn

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All you now do is pursue your private objectives within society. Instead of us being a community, everybody is asked to seek their own personal ends. Its called competition. And competition is antagonism. – Edward Bond

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Nobility is a graceful ornament to the civil order. It is the Corinthian capital of polished society. – Edmund Burke

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There is only one way left to escape the alienation of present day society: to retreat ahead of it. – Roland Barthes

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I dont think feminism, as I understand the definition, implies the rejection of maternal values, nurturing children, caring about the men in your life. That is just nonsense to me. – Hillary Clinton

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