We think that we are generous because we credit our neighbor with those virtues that are likely to benefit ourselves. We praise the banker that we may overdraw our account, and find good qualities in the highwayman in the hope that he may spare our pockets.


The Writings of Oscar Wilde (ed. 1907)


We think that we are generous because we credit our neighbor with those virtues that are likely to benefit ourselves. We praise the banker that we...

We think that we are generous because we credit our neighbor with those virtues that are likely to benefit ourselves. We praise the banker that we...

We think that we are generous because we credit our neighbor with those virtues that are likely to benefit ourselves. We praise the banker that we...

We think that we are generous because we credit our neighbor with those virtues that are likely to benefit ourselves. We praise the banker that we...