I knew that I had come face to face with some one whose mere personality was so fascinating that, if I allowed it to do so, it would absorb my whole nature, my whole soul, my very art itself.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Art Quotes, Literary Quotes, Personality Quotes, Soul Quotes, Strength Quotes

Skepticism is the beginning of faith.

Skepticism is the beginning of faith.

The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one.

The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one.

Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.

Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.

Action is the last resource of those who know not how to dream.

Action is the last resource of those who know not how to dream.

I have met a lot of hardboiled eggs in my time, but you're twenty minutes.

I have met a lot of hardboiled eggs in my time, but you're twenty minutes.

I welcome this opportunity of pricking the bloated bladder of lies with the poniard of...

I welcome this opportunity of pricking the bloated bladder of lies with the poniard of...

The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.

The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.

A man who does not think for himself does not think at all.

A man who does not think for himself does not think at all.

One's real life is often the life that one does not lead.

One's real life is often the life that one does not lead.

I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.

I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.

If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend...

If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend...

If one could only teach the English how to talk, and the Irish how to...

If one could only teach the English how to talk, and the Irish how to...

If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend...

If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend...

Men marry because they are tired; women, because they are curious; both are disappointed.

Men marry because they are tired; women, because they are curious; both are disappointed.

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...

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...

Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals.

Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals.

We all live in the gutter but some of us are looking up at the...

We all live in the gutter but some of us are looking up at the...

We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.

We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.

Anybody can win, unless there happens to be a second entry.

Anybody can win, unless there happens to be a second entry.

That song, for me, is about drugs and alcohol and loss and love. It's about...

That song, for me, is about drugs and alcohol and loss and love. It's about...