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

Where there is sorrow, there is holy ground

Where there is sorrow, there is holy ground

Football is all very well as a game for rough girls, but is hardly suitable...

Football is all very well as a game for rough girls, but is hardly suitable...

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...

Nothing is so aggravating than calmness.

Nothing is so aggravating than calmness.

I want the dead lovers of the world to hear our laughter and grow sad....

I want the dead lovers of the world to hear our laughter and grow sad....

There is no sin except stupidity.

There is no sin except stupidity.

Why was I born with such contemporaries?

Why was I born with such contemporaries?

Women represent the triumph of matter over mind, just as men represent the triumph of...

Women represent the triumph of matter over mind, just as men represent the triumph of...

Religion is the fashionable substitute for belief

Religion is the fashionable substitute for belief

Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.

Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.

Young men want to be faithful, and are not; old men want to be faithless,...

Young men want to be faithful, and are not; old men want to be faithless,...

Few parents nowadays pay any regard to what their children say to them. The old...

Few parents nowadays pay any regard to what their children say to them. The old...

Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast.

Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast.

Of course the music is a great difficulty. You see, if one plays good music,...

Of course the music is a great difficulty. You see, if one plays good music,...

The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast.

The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast.

Those who are faithful know only the trivial side of love; it is the faithless...

Those who are faithful know only the trivial side of love; it is the faithless...

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...

I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and...

I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and...

Thus, what is of supreme importance in war is to attack the enemy's strategy.

Thus, what is of supreme importance in war is to attack the enemy's strategy.

For every ten jokes, thou hast got a hundred enemies

For every ten jokes, thou hast got a hundred enemies

We know our friends by their defects rather than by their merits.

We know our friends by their defects rather than by their merits.