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

The tragedy of old age is not that one is old, but that one is...

The tragedy of old age is not that one is old, but that one is...

I don't at all like knowing what people say of me behind my back. It...

I don't at all like knowing what people say of me behind my back. It...

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...

Deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.

Deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.

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

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

Religion is the fashionable substitute for belief

Religion is the fashionable substitute for belief

Nothing makes one so vain as being told one is a sinner. Conscience makes egotists...

Nothing makes one so vain as being told one is a sinner. Conscience makes egotists...

There is something terribly morbid in the modern sympathy with pain. One should sympathise with...

There is something terribly morbid in the modern sympathy with pain. One should sympathise with...

Experience is one thing you can't get for nothing.

Experience is one thing you can't get for nothing.

To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.

To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.

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...

Only the shallow know themselves.

Only the shallow know themselves.

Now that the House of Commons is trying to become useful, it does a great...

Now that the House of Commons is trying to become useful, it does a great...

Children begin by loving their parents; after a time they judge them; rarely, if ever,...

Children begin by loving their parents; after a time they judge them; rarely, if ever,...

I can believe anything as long as it is incredible

I can believe anything as long as it is incredible

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...

Between men and women there is no friendship possible. There is passion, enmity, worship, love,...

Between men and women there is no friendship possible. There is passion, enmity, worship, love,...

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

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

Every act of conscious learning requires the willingness to suffer an injury to one's self-esteem....

Every act of conscious learning requires the willingness to suffer an injury to one's self-esteem....

If there's anything more important than my ego around, I want it caught and shot...

If there's anything more important than my ego around, I want it caught and shot...

It is impossible to love and be wise.

It is impossible to love and be wise.