“A man whose desire is to be something separate from himself, to be a member of Parliament, or a successful grocer, or a prominent solicitor, or a judge, or something equally tedious, invariably succeeds in being what he wants to be. That is his punishment.”
— Oscar Wilde
Source: De Profundis, an 1897 letter to Lord Alfred Douglas written in Reading Gaol
“A man whose desire is to be something separate from himself … invariably succeeds in being what he wants to be. That is his punishment.” — Oscar Wilde Click To Tweet