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

Women have a wonderful instinct about things. They can discover everything except the obvious.

Women have a wonderful instinct about things. They can discover everything except the obvious.

It is because Humanity has never known where it was going that it has been...

It is because Humanity has never known where it was going that it has been...

Yet each man kills the thing he loves from all let this be heard some...

Yet each man kills the thing he loves from all let this be heard some...

It is only the modern that ever becomes old-fashioned.

It is only the modern that ever becomes old-fashioned.

My duty as a gentleman has never interfered with my pleasures in the smallest degree.

My duty as a gentleman has never interfered with my pleasures in the smallest degree.

Charity creates a multitude of sins. Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a...

Charity creates a multitude of sins. Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a...

Selfishness is not living as one wisheThe cynic knows the price of everything and the...

Selfishness is not living as one wisheThe cynic knows the price of everything and the...

I can stand brute force, but brute reason is quite unbearable. There is something unfair...

I can stand brute force, but brute reason is quite unbearable. There is something unfair...

To love one's self is the beginning of a life-long romance

To love one's self is the beginning of a life-long romance

There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that...

There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that...

He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.

He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.

Nothing is so aggravating than calmness.

Nothing is so aggravating than calmness.

Friendship is far more tragic than love, it lasts longer.

Friendship is far more tragic than love, it lasts longer.

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

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

There is no sin except stupidity.

There is no sin except stupidity.

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...

Shallow sorrows and shallow loves live on. The loves and sorrows that are great are...

Shallow sorrows and shallow loves live on. The loves and sorrows that are great are...

A man can't be too careful in the choice of his enemies.

A man can't be too careful in the choice of his enemies.

Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing...

Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing...

A man does what he must - in spite of personal consequences, in spite of...

A man does what he must - in spite of personal consequences, in spite of...