Quote by Oscar Wilde

Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.

Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.

Summary

This quote by Oscar Wilde suggests that patriotism, often celebrated as a noble and virtuous quality, is actually a characteristic of morally corrupted individuals. In Wilde's view, patriotism tends to be fueled by aggressive and harmful behavior, promoting violence and an unjustifiable sense of superiority over other nations or groups. It highlights the danger of using nationalistic sentiments to justify immoral actions, encouraging a critical reflection on the potential consequences of blind loyalty to one's country.

Topics

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

As a rock star, I have two instincts, I want to have fun, an

As a rock star, I have two instincts, I want to have fun, and I want to change the world. I have a chance to do both.

Nobody has it all, but for me to even come close is amazing.

Nobody has it all, but for me to even come close is amazing.

I love music and musicians. And seeing great artists dropped

I love music and musicians. And seeing great artists dropped from labels was really frustrating and sad to me.

Rosanna Arquette

I'll not listen to reason. Reason always means what someone

I'll not listen to reason. Reason always means what someone else has got to say.

Elizabeth Gaskell

Nothing's funny about someone who's successful.

Nothing's funny about someone who's successful.

When families are strong and stable, so are children - showi

When families are strong and stable, so are children - showing higher levels of wellbeing and more positive outcomes. But when things go wrong - either through family breakdown or a damaged parental relationship - the impact on a child's later life can be devastating.

Iain Duncan Smith

Music can also be a sensual pleasure, like eating food or se

Music can also be a sensual pleasure, like eating food or sex. But its highest vibration for me is that point of taking us to a real understanding of something in our nature which we can very rarely get at. It is a spiritual state of oneness.

I always say three things make a writer: inspiration, obviou

I always say three things make a writer: inspiration, obviously perspiration, doing the work. But the third is desperation. I'm not really fit for anything else, or to have a real job. That fear drives me. The pressure has always been self inflicted.

Bad humor is an evasion of reality good humor is an acceptan

Bad humor is an evasion of reality good humor is an acceptance of it.

Malcolm Muggeridge

It is a time of change,'' Sazed said. ''Perhaps it is also t

It is a time of change,'' Sazed said. ''Perhaps it is also time to learn of other truths, other ways.

Brandon Sanderson

I wanted to play drums because I fell in love with the glitt

I wanted to play drums because I fell in love with the glitter and the lights, but it wasn't about adulation. It was being up there playing.

Biology always beats will power.

Biology always beats will power.