Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Awareness Quotes, Reality Quotes, Self Quotes, Truth Quotes

And now, I am dying beyond my means.

And now, I am dying beyond my means.

It is only an auctioneer who can equally and impartially admire all schools of art.

It is only an auctioneer who can equally and impartially admire all schools of art.

When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one's self, and one always...

When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one's self, and one always...

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.

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

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

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...

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...

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...

Conversation should touch everything, but should concentrate itself on nothing.

Conversation should touch everything, but should concentrate itself on nothing.

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...

Where there is sorrow, there is holy ground

Where there is sorrow, there is holy ground

Ah, well, then I suppose I shall have to die beyond my means.

Ah, well, then I suppose I shall have to die beyond my means.

It takes a thoroughly good woman to do a thoroughly stupid thing

It takes a thoroughly good woman to do a thoroughly stupid thing

Religion is the fashionable substitute for belief

Religion is the fashionable substitute for belief

Life has been your art. You have set yourself to music. Your days are your...

Life has been your art. You have set yourself to music. Your days are your...

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,...

Music is the art which is most nigh to tears and memory.

Music is the art which is most nigh to tears and memory.

There is only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is...

There is only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is...

I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.

I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.

Business is the salt of life

Business is the salt of life