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A person's perfection lies in what they are, not in what they have
Drawn from what Oscar Wilde said
What Oscar Wilde actually said
- Oscar Wilde Irish poet, playwright and essayist (1854 to 1900)
So that man thought that the important thing was to have, and did not know that the important thing is to be. The true perfection of man lies, not in what man has, but in what man is.
Where this was said
↗The Soul of Man under Socialism (1891)gutenberg.org
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