Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Ideas Quotes, Individuality Quotes, Passion Quotes

Crying is the refuge of plain women but the ruin of pretty ones.

Crying is the refuge of plain women but the ruin of pretty ones.

Experience is the name every one gives to their mistakes.

Experience is the name every one gives to their mistakes.

Art is the most intense mode of invidualism that the world has known.

Art is the most intense mode of invidualism that the world has known.

Only the shallow know themselves.

Only the shallow know themselves.

One can survive everything, nowadays, except death, and live down everything except a good reputation.

One can survive everything, nowadays, except death, and live down everything except a good reputation.

Murder is always a mistake - one should never do anything one cannot talk about...

Murder is always a mistake - one should never do anything one cannot talk about...

Wickedness is a myth invented by good people to account for the curious attractiveness of...

Wickedness is a myth invented by good people to account for the curious attractiveness of...

Action is the last resource of those who know not how to dream.

Action is the last resource of those who know not how to dream.

Men always want to be a woman's first love - women like to be a...

Men always want to be a woman's first love - women like to be a...

A pessimist is somebody who complains about the noise when opportunity knocks.

A pessimist is somebody who complains about the noise when opportunity knocks.

A true friend stabs you in the front.

A true friend stabs you in the front.

I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I...

I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I...

I do not approve of anything which tampers with natural ignorance

I do not approve of anything which tampers with natural ignorance

There's a way of transferring funds that is even faster than electronic banking. It's called...

There's a way of transferring funds that is even faster than electronic banking. It's called...

I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and...

I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and...

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

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

When I was young, I thought that money was the most important thing in life;...

When I was young, I thought that money was the most important thing in life;...

True love is like a pair of socks: you gotta have two and they've gotta...

True love is like a pair of socks: you gotta have two and they've gotta...

Many merry Christmases, friendships, great accumulation of cheerful recollections, affection on earth, and Heaven at...

Many merry Christmases, friendships, great accumulation of cheerful recollections, affection on earth, and Heaven at...

No cord or cable can draw so forcibly, or bind so fast, as love can...

No cord or cable can draw so forcibly, or bind so fast, as love can...

You may admire a girl's curves on the first introduction, but the second meeting shows...

You may admire a girl's curves on the first introduction, but the second meeting shows...

True love is between my lips and yours, I hope you see things in your...

True love is between my lips and yours, I hope you see things in your...