Quotation: “I can sympathize with everything, except suffering,” said Lord Henry, shrugging his shoulders. “I cannot sympathize with that. It is too ugly, too horrible, too distressing. There is something terribly morbid in the modern sympathy with pain. One should sympathize with the color, the beauty, the joy of life. The less said about life’s sores the better.”
Comment or Connection: This quote is a dark look into the sociopathy of the rich elite class. Similar to the famous Marie Antoinette quote “let them eat cake” there is a fundamental disconnect between the ruling class and the poor class.
Question: Why is it that of all the Victorian monsters the ones which seem the most visceral evil are the ones which are also fully human.
