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

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Self Deprecating Quotes

Woman begins by resisting a man's advances and ends by blocking his retreat

Woman begins by resisting a man's advances and ends by blocking his retreat

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

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

You are beautiful when you are happy.

You are beautiful when you are happy.

All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his.

All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his.

I do not approve of anything which tampers with natural ignorance

I do not approve of anything which tampers with natural ignorance

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...

There's nothing in the world like the devotion of a married woman. It's a thing...

There's nothing in the world like the devotion of a married woman. It's a thing...

How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on...

How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on...

The aim of life is self-development. To realize one's nature perfectly - that is what...

The aim of life is self-development. To realize one's nature perfectly - that is what...

Deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.

Deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.

What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value...

What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value...

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.

Ordinary riches can be stolen; real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things...

Ordinary riches can be stolen; real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things...

Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses...

Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses...

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

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

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...

The well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves.

The well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves.

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,...

The longing for certainty... is in every human mind. But certainty is generally illusion.

The longing for certainty... is in every human mind. But certainty is generally illusion.

Some guys will cheat on their girlfriends and sleep like a baby at night but...

Some guys will cheat on their girlfriends and sleep like a baby at night but...

Being in tune with your weaknesses puts you in greater tune with your strengths.

Being in tune with your weaknesses puts you in greater tune with your strengths.

A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing.

A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing.