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Wickedness is a myth invented by good people to account for the curious attractiveness of others.

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The basis of action is lack of imagination. It is the last resource of those who know not how to dream.

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No: a poor man who is ungrateful, unthrifty, discontented and rebellious, is probably a real personality, and has much in him...As for the virtuous po...more

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Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.

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The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the grandest intention.

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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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Don't be led astray into the paths of virtue.

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Actions are the first tragedy in life, words are the second. Words are perhaps the worst. Words are merciless. . .

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Nichts Interessantes ist jemals richtig.

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loving for their mere artificiality those renunciations that men have unwisely called virtue, as much as those natural rebellions that wise men still ...more