When soldiers have been baptized in the fire of a battle-field, they have all one rank in my eyes.Napoleon Bonaparte
A critic should be taught to criticise a work of art without making any reference to the personality of the author.Oscar Wilde
Sometimes the poor are praised for being thrifty. But to recommend thrift to the poor is both grotesque and insulting. It is like advising a man who is starving to eat less.Oscar Wilde
Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live.Oscar Wilde