Attitude Quotes
Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people we personally dislike.
"Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people we personally dislike."— Oscar Wilde
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Meaning of this quote
Mrs. Cheveley cynically suggests that moral judgments can conceal personal hostility. The dramatic context invites scrutiny of hypocrisy without establishing that every ethical belief is merely dislike.
Key takeaway:
Examine whether dislike is distorting a moral judgment.
Origin of the quote
An Ideal Husband (1895), Act II, Mrs. Cheveley speaking to Lady Chiltern.
Who actually said this?
VerifiedThe play contains the sentence with an additional relative pronoun. The title is preserved as uploaded; the statement is a character's provocation, not a neutral definition of morality.
