Quote by Oscar Wilde
If property had simply pleasures, we could stand it; but its dutie

If property had simply pleasures, we could stand it; but its duties make it unbearable. In the interest of the rich we must get rid of it. – Oscar Wilde

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Children begin by loving their parents after a time they judge them rarely, if ever, do they forgive them. – Oscar Wilde

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How marriage ruins a man! It is as demoralizing as cigarettes, and far more expensive. – Oscar Wilde

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As soon as the land of any country has all become private property, the landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed, and demand a rent even for its natural produce. – Adam Smith, Wealth of Nations

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Some people talk of morality, and some of religion, but give me a little snug property. – Maria Edgeworth

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Property is the pivot of civilization. – Leon Samson

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Seeing is believing, and if an American success is to count for anything in the world it must be clothed in the raiment of property. As often as not it isnt the money itself that means anything; it is the use of money as the currency of the soul. – Lewis H. Lapham

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