Oscar Wilde Quotes about Progress

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The evolution of man is slow. The injustice of men is great.

The evolution of man is slow. The injustice of men is great.

Oscar Wilde

Men, Progress, Evolution Of Man

Oscar Wilde (2007). “The Collected Works of Oscar Wilde”, p.1065, Wordsworth Editions

Our ambition should be to rule ourselves, the true kingdom for each one of us; and true progress is to know more, and be more, and to do more.

Oscar Wilde

Ambition, Progress, Kingdoms

Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation.

Oscar Wilde

Life, Men, Progress

Oscar Wilde (2007). “Epigrams of Oscar Wilde”, p.65, Wordsworth Editions

Progress is the realization of utopia.

Oscar Wilde

Progress, Realization, Utopia

Oscar Wilde, Isobel Murray (1999). “The Soul of Man, and Prison Writings”, p.16, Oxford University Press, USA

Progress in thought is the assertion of individualism against authority.

Oscar Wilde

Liberty, Progress, Individualism

Oscar Wilde, Nicholas Frankel (2011). “The Picture of Dorian Gray: An Annotated, Uncensored Edition”, p.94, Harvard University Press

A woman's life revolves in curves of emotions. It is upon lines of intellect that a man's life progresses.

Oscar Wilde

Men, Curves, Progress

Oscar Wilde (2000). “The Plays of Oscar Wilde”, p.357, Wordsworth Editions

Only mediocrities progress. An artist revolves in a cycle of masterpieces, the first of which is no less perfect than the last.

Oscar Wilde

Artist, Perfect, Progress

Oscar Wilde (2007). “Epigrams of Oscar Wilde”, p.47, Wordsworth Editions

Each little thing that we do passes into the great machine of life which may grind our virtues to powder and make them worthless, or transform our sins into elements of a new civilization, more marvelous and more splendid than any that has gone before.

Oscar Wilde

Civilization, Progress, Littles

Oscar Wilde, Isobel Murray (2008). “Oscar Wilde - The Major Works”, p.257, Oxford University Press