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

My own business always bores me to death; I prefer other people's.

My own business always bores me to death; I prefer other people's.

You are beautiful when you are happy.

You are beautiful when you are happy.

The world has been made by fools that men should live in it

The world has been made by fools that men should live in it

Death and vulgarity are the only two facts in the nineteenth century that one cannot...

Death and vulgarity are the only two facts in the nineteenth century that one cannot...

Nowadays most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it...

Nowadays most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it...

The worst vice of a fanatic is his sincerity.

The worst vice of a fanatic is his sincerity.

Musical people always want one to be perfectly dumb at the very moment when one...

Musical people always want one to be perfectly dumb at the very moment when one...

Looking good and dressing well is a necessity. Having a purpose in life is not.

Looking good and dressing well is a necessity. Having a purpose in life is not.

When I was young I thought that money was the most important thing in life;...

When I was young I thought that money was the most important thing in life;...

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

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

Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.

Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.

With an evening coat and a white tie, anybody, even a stockbroker, can gain a...

With an evening coat and a white tie, anybody, even a stockbroker, can gain a...

A true friend stabs you in the front.

A true friend stabs you in the front.

What we have to do, what at any rate it is our duty to do,...

What we have to do, what at any rate it is our duty to do,...

It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating.

It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating.

The typewriting machine, when played with expression, is no more annoying than the piano when...

The typewriting machine, when played with expression, is no more annoying than the piano when...

He hadn't a single redeeming vice.

He hadn't a single redeeming vice.

There is no such thing as a good influence. Because to influence a person is...

There is no such thing as a good influence. Because to influence a person is...

Generally speaking, men are influenced by books which clarify their own thought, which express their...

Generally speaking, men are influenced by books which clarify their own thought, which express their...

Setting an example is not the main means of influencing another, it is the only...

Setting an example is not the main means of influencing another, it is the only...