Most men and women are forced to perform parts for which they have no qualifications.

Oscar Wilde

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Topic

Men and women Life as performance

Author

Oscar Wilde

Source

Lord Arthur Savile's Crime Lord Arthur Savile's Crime: The Portrait of Mr. W.H. and Other Stories

Medium

Short story

Language

English

Time

1891 1890s 19th century

Occupation

Playwright Writer

From

Ireland Europe

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Original Citation

Wilde, Oscar. "Lord Arthur Savile's Crime." Lord Arthur Savile's Crime: The Portrait of Mr. W.H. and Other Stories. Boston: James R. Osgood, 1891.

Current Citation

Wilde, Oscar. "Lord Arthur Savile's Crime." Oscar Wilde: The Major Works, edited by Isobel Murray. Oxford University Press, 2008.

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What I mean by Socialism is a condition of society in which there should be neither rich nor poor, neither master nor master's man, neither idle nor overworked, neither brain-sick brain workers nor heart-sick hand workers, in a word, in which all men would be living in equality of condition, and would manage their affairs unwastefully, and with the full consciousness that harm to one would mean harm to all-the realization at last of the meaning of the word commonwealth.

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Topic
Socialism Economic equality Equality

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William Morris
Source
How I Became a Socialist
Genre
Political literature
Language
English
Time
1894 1890s 19th century
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Original Citation

Morris, William. "How I Became a Socialist." Justice, 16 June 1894.

Current Citation

Morris, William. How I Became a Socialist, edited by Owen Hatherley. Verso, 2020.

Another quote about Men and women

In the true marriage relation, the independence of the husband and wife is equal, the dependence mutual and their obligations reciprocal.

Lucretia Mott

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Topic
Equality in relationships Marriage Men and women

Author

Lucretia Mott
Medium
Letter
Language
English
Time
1880 1880s 19th century
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Citation

Mott, Lucretia. Spoken by Mott and written down by Susan B. Anthony. c. 1829.