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, Self Awareness Quotes, Witty Quotes

No, I am not at all cynical, I have merely got experience, which, however, is...

No, I am not at all cynical, I have merely got experience, which, however, is...

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

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

Looking good and dressing well is a necessity. Having a purpose in life is not.

Looking good and dressing well is a necessity. Having a purpose in life is not.

I regard the theatre as the greatest of all art forms, the most immediate way...

I regard the theatre as the greatest of all art forms, the most immediate way...

Why was I born with such contemporaries?

Why was I born with such contemporaries?

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.

No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would...

No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would...

There is no sin except stupidity.

There is no sin except stupidity.

It was the passions about whose origin we deceived ourselves that tyrannized most strongly over...

It was the passions about whose origin we deceived ourselves that tyrannized most strongly over...

To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like...

To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like...

Arguments are extremely vulgar, for everyone in good society holds exactly the same opinion.

Arguments are extremely vulgar, for everyone in good society holds exactly the same opinion.

As yet, Bernard Shaw hasn't become prominent enough to have any enemies, but none of...

As yet, Bernard Shaw hasn't become prominent enough to have any enemies, but none of...

True friends stab you in the front.

True friends stab you in the front.

Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that...

Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that...

It's beauty that captures your attention; personality which captures your heart.

It's beauty that captures your attention; personality which captures your heart.

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

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

Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about.

Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about.

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.

Wise men make proverbs, but fools repeat them.

Wise men make proverbs, but fools repeat them.

You know it's going to be a long day when you yell 'Seriously?!?' at your...

You know it's going to be a long day when you yell 'Seriously?!?' at your...

I am always saying 'Glad to have met you.' to somebody I'm not at all...

I am always saying 'Glad to have met you.' to somebody I'm not at all...

Psychoanalysis will fade away just as mesmerism and phrenology did, and for the same reason...

Psychoanalysis will fade away just as mesmerism and phrenology did, and for the same reason...