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Quote by Oscar Wilde
I sometimes think that God in creating man somewhat overestimated

I sometimes think that God in creating man somewhat overestimated His ability. – Oscar Wilde

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Romance should never begin with sentiment. It should begin with science and end with a settlement. – Oscar Wilde

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Science
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Oscar Wilde
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You should study the Peerage, Gerald. It is the one book a young man about town should know thoroughly, and it is the best thing in fiction the English have ever done. – Oscar Wilde

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Aristocracy
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People sometimes inquire what form of government is most suitable for an artist to live under. To this question there is only one answer. The form of government that is most suitable to the artist is no government at all. – Oscar Wilde

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Anarchy
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Humankind
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I sometimes think of what future historians will say of us. A single sentence will suffice for modern man: He fornicated and read the papers. – Albert Camus

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Humankind

Society has always seemed to demand a little more from human beings than it will get in practice. – George Orwell

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Humankind

Man is a rope stretched between the animal and the Superman—a rope over an abyss. What is great in man is that he is a bridge and not a goal. – Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900), Thus Spake Zarathustra, translated by M.A

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Humankind

Evolution is individual — devolution is collective. – Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962)

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Humankind

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