I don't at all like knowing what people say of me behind my back. It makes me far too conceited.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Egotism Quotes, Gossip Quotes, Witty Quotes

Work is the curse of the drinking classes.

Work is the curse of the drinking classes.

Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man's original virtue. It...

Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man's original virtue. It...

Why was I born with such contemporaries?

Why was I born with such contemporaries?

Women are meant to be loved, not to be understood.

Women are meant to be loved, not to be understood.

Perhaps, after all, America never has been discovered. I myself would say that it had...

Perhaps, after all, America never has been discovered. I myself would say that it had...

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...

I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than...

I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than...

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...

She behaves as if she was beautiful. Most American women do. It is the secret...

She behaves as if she was beautiful. Most American women do. It is the secret...

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

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

A mans face is his autobiography. A women's face is her work of fiction.

A mans face is his autobiography. A women's face is her work of fiction.

Beauty is a form of genius - is higher, indeed, than genius, as it needs...

Beauty is a form of genius - is higher, indeed, than genius, as it needs...

Women are meant to be loved, not to be understood.

Women are meant to be loved, not to be understood.

The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple.

The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple.

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...

Of course the music is a great difficulty. You see, if one plays good music,...

Of course the music is a great difficulty. You see, if one plays good music,...

Insincerity is merely a method by which we can multiply our personalities

Insincerity is merely a method by which we can multiply our personalities

When liberty comes with hands dabbled in blood it is hard to shake hands with...

When liberty comes with hands dabbled in blood it is hard to shake hands with...

Where liberty is, there is my country

Where liberty is, there is my country

Men regard it as their right to return evil for evil and, if they cannot,...

Men regard it as their right to return evil for evil and, if they cannot,...

At twenty a man is full of fight and hope. He wants to reform the...

At twenty a man is full of fight and hope. He wants to reform the...

It's better to send in the Peace Corps than the Marine Corps.

It's better to send in the Peace Corps than the Marine Corps.