Only the shallow know themselves.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Self Knowledge Quotes

Nothing makes one so vain as being told one is a sinner. Conscience makes egotists...

Nothing makes one so vain as being told one is a sinner. Conscience makes egotists...

If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use...

If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use...

Men always want to be a woman's first love. Women have a more subtle instinct:...

Men always want to be a woman's first love. Women have a more subtle instinct:...

It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution

It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution

Children have a natural antipathy to books - handicraft should be the basis of education....

Children have a natural antipathy to books - handicraft should be the basis of education....

Love is like a booger. You keep picking at it until you get it, then...

Love is like a booger. You keep picking at it until you get it, then...

It is only by not paying one's bills that one can hope to live in...

It is only by not paying one's bills that one can hope to live in...

When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers.

When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers.

Life imitates art far more than art imitates Life.

Life imitates art far more than art imitates Life.

I can resist everything except temptation.

I can resist everything except temptation.

History is merely gossip

History is merely gossip

While we look to the dramatist to give romance to realism, we ask of the...

While we look to the dramatist to give romance to realism, we ask of the...

Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask,...

Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask,...

Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals.

Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals.

I am the only person in the world I should like to know thoroughly.

I am the only person in the world I should like to know thoroughly.

The past is of no importance. The present is of no importance. It is with...

The past is of no importance. The present is of no importance. It is with...

Music is the art which is most nigh to tears and memory.

Music is the art which is most nigh to tears and memory.

The proper school to learn art is not life but art

The proper school to learn art is not life but art

I think an artist's responsibility is more complex than people realize.

I think an artist's responsibility is more complex than people realize.

Are we to paint what's on the face, what's inside the face, or what's behind...

Are we to paint what's on the face, what's inside the face, or what's behind...