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

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Selfishness Quotes

No man is rich enough to buy back his past.

No man is rich enough to buy back his past.

Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that...

Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that...

I sometimes think that God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability

I sometimes think that God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability

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...

Love is like a booger. You keep picking at it until you get it, then...

Love is like a booger. You keep picking at it until you get it, then...

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...

Only the shallow know themselves.

Only the shallow know themselves.

This suspense is terrible. I hope it will last.

This suspense is terrible. I hope it will last.

In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane.

In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane.

Truth, in matters of religion, is simply the opinion that has survived

Truth, in matters of religion, is simply the opinion that has survived

Romance should never begin with sentiment. It should begin with science and end with a...

Romance should never begin with sentiment. It should begin with science and end with a...

Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.

Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.

A pessimist is somebody who complains about the noise when opportunity knocks.

A pessimist is somebody who complains about the noise when opportunity knocks.

Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.

Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.

London is full of women who trust their husbands. One can always recognize them. They...

London is full of women who trust their husbands. One can always recognize them. They...

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...

There is much to be said in favour of modern journalism. By giving us the...

There is much to be said in favour of modern journalism. By giving us the...

Comfort is the only thing our civilization can give us.

Comfort is the only thing our civilization can give us.

Comfort and prosperity have never enriched the world as much as adversity has.

Comfort and prosperity have never enriched the world as much as adversity has.

If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end; if you look...

If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end; if you look...