Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Passion Quotes

Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities.

Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities.

Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live; it is asking others to live...

Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live; it is asking others to live...

Nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude

Nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude

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...

You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you...

You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you...

There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and...

There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and...

No crime is vulgar, but all vulgarity is crime

No crime is vulgar, but all vulgarity is crime

Hatred is blind, as well as love.

Hatred is blind, as well as love.

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

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

A kiss may ruin a human life.

A kiss may ruin a human life.

It is exactly because a man cannot do a thing that he is a proper...

It is exactly because a man cannot do a thing that he is a proper...

Children have a natural antipathy to books - handicraft should be the basis of education....

Children have a natural antipathy to books - handicraft should be the basis of education....

I knew that I had come face to face with some one whose mere personality...

I knew that I had come face to face with some one whose mere personality...

Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live...

Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live...

Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of...

Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of...

The soul is born old but grows young. That is the comedy of life. And...

The soul is born old but grows young. That is the comedy of life. And...

The man who can dominate a London dinner-table can dominate the world.

The man who can dominate a London dinner-table can dominate the world.

Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast.

Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast.

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.

To be insulted by you is to be garlanded with lilies

To be insulted by you is to be garlanded with lilies

When people bother you in any way, it is because their souls are trying to...

When people bother you in any way, it is because their souls are trying to...