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

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Conscience Quotes, Egotism Quotes, Sin Quotes, Vanity Quotes

Only the shallow know themselves.

Only the shallow know themselves.

Murder is always a mistake - one should never do anything one cannot talk about...

Murder is always a mistake - one should never do anything one cannot talk about...

I adore political parties. They are the only place left to us where people don't...

I adore political parties. They are the only place left to us where people don't...

It is very vulgar to talk about one's business. Only people like stockbrokers do that,...

It is very vulgar to talk about one's business. Only people like stockbrokers do that,...

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

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

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

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

A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything but the value of...

A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything but the value of...

Nothing spoils romance so much as a sense of humour in the woman.

Nothing spoils romance so much as a sense of humour in the woman.

Religions die when they are proved to be true. Science is the record of dead...

Religions die when they are proved to be true. Science is the record of dead...

The proper school to learn art is not life but art

The proper school to learn art is not life but art

I can sympathize with everything, except suffering.

I can sympathize with everything, except suffering.

It was the passions about whose origin we deceived ourselves that tyrannized most strongly over...

It was the passions about whose origin we deceived ourselves that tyrannized most strongly over...

A woman will flirt with anybody in the world as long as other people are...

A woman will flirt with anybody in the world as long as other people are...

The world has grown suspicious of anything that looks like a happily married life.

The world has grown suspicious of anything that looks like a happily married life.

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,...

Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.

Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.

Man can believe the impossible, but man can never believe the improbable.

Man can believe the impossible, but man can never believe the improbable.

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....

Books are immortal sons deifying their sires

Books are immortal sons deifying their sires

The man whose genius qualifies him for great undertakings must at least be content to...

The man whose genius qualifies him for great undertakings must at least be content to...