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I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than anything else in the world.

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Morality does not help me. I am a born antinomian...I see that there is nothing wrong in what one does. I see that there is something wrong in what on...more

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Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people whom we personally dislike.

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Moral grounds are always the last refuge of people who have no sense of beauty.

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Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people we personally dislike.

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Morality does not help me. I am a born antinomian. I am one of those who are made for exceptions, not for laws. But while I see that there is nothing ...more

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Scandal is gossip made tedious by morality.

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In fact, now you mention the subject, I have been very bad in my own small way.I don't think you should be so proud of that, though I am sure it must ...more

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The aim of life is self-development. To realize one's nature perfectly—that is what each of us is here for. People are afraid of themselves, nowadays....more

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You come down here to console me. That is charming of you. You find me consoled, and you are furious. How like a sympathetic person!

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Those who find ugly meanings in beautiful things are corrupt without being charming. This is a fault. Those who find beautiful meanings in beautiful t...more

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Or that passion to act a part that sometimes makes us do things finer than we are ourselves?

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There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book.Books are well written, or badly written. That is all.

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The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.