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

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Egotism Quotes, Witty Quotes

In America, the young are always ready to give to those older than themselves the...

In America, the young are always ready to give to those older than themselves the...

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

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

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...

This suspense is terrible. I hope it will last.

This suspense is terrible. I hope it will last.

In America the young are always ready to give to those who are older than...

In America the young are always ready to give to those who are older than...

Nothing spoils romance so much as a sense of humour in the woman.

Nothing spoils romance so much as a sense of humour in the woman.

The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own...

The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own...

A man's very highest moment is, I have no doubt at all, when he kneels...

A man's very highest moment is, I have no doubt at all, when he kneels...

What people call insincerity is simply a method by which we can multiply our personalities.

What people call insincerity is simply a method by which we can multiply our personalities.

It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors.

It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors.

Mr. Henry James writes fiction as if it were a painful duty.

Mr. Henry James writes fiction as if it were a painful duty.

We are each our own devil, and we make this world our hell

We are each our own devil, and we make this world our hell

The typewriting machine, when played with expression, is no more annoying than the piano when...

The typewriting machine, when played with expression, is no more annoying than the piano when...

What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise

What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise

Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.

Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.

Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far...

Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far...

Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow.

Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow.

It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating.

It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating.

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...

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...