“A man who does not think for himself does not think at all.”
Oscar Wilde book The Soul of Man under Socialism
The Soul of Man Under Socialism (1891)
“However the three classes of beings created by the manners are:
The man who works;
The man who thinks;
The man who does nothing.”
Part I. Généralités (Generalities), Chapter I. Prolégomènes (Prolegomena).
Treatise on Elegant Life (1830)
Original: (fr) Or les trois classes d'être créés par les mœurs sont :
L'homme qui travaille ;
L'homme qui pense ;
L'homme qui ne fait rien.
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