Character Quotes
Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else’s opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.
"Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else’s opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation."— Oscar Wilde
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Meaning of this quote
Wilde describes lives shaped by borrowed ideas, imitation, and secondhand feeling.
Key takeaway:
Examine whether a belief is truly your considered view.
Origin of the quote
De Profundis, written in 1897
Who actually said this?
VerifiedThe passage belongs to Wilde’s reflection on individuality and other people’s influence.
Source:
Wikisource: De Profundis
