Selfishness is not living as one wisheThe cynic knows the price of everything and the value of nothing. s to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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To love one's self is the beginning of a life-long romance

To love one's self is the beginning of a life-long romance

There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating - people who know...

There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating - people who know...

True friends stab you in the front.

True friends stab you in the front.

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...

Men always want to be a woman's first love. That is their clumsy vanity. We...

Men always want to be a woman's first love. That is their clumsy vanity. We...

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.

It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or...

It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or...

Woman begins by resisting a man's advances and ends up blocking his retreat.

Woman begins by resisting a man's advances and ends up blocking his retreat.

Each of the professions means a prejudice. The necessity for a career forces every one...

Each of the professions means a prejudice. The necessity for a career forces every one...

This suspense is terrible. I hope it will last.

This suspense is terrible. I hope it will last.

Work is the curse of the drinking classes.

Work is the curse of the drinking classes.

My duty as a gentleman has never interfered with my pleasures in the smallest degree.

My duty as a gentleman has never interfered with my pleasures in the smallest degree.

The only reward for love is the experience of loving.

The only reward for love is the experience of loving.

There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that...

There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that...

What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value...

What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value...

The only way a woman can ever reform her husband is by boring him so...

The only way a woman can ever reform her husband is by boring him so...

Women represent the triumph of matter over mind, just as men represent the triumph of...

Women represent the triumph of matter over mind, just as men represent the triumph of...

To love oneself is the beginning of a life-long romance

To love oneself is the beginning of a life-long romance

To wish you were someone else is to waste the person you are.

To wish you were someone else is to waste the person you are.

I am afraid to show you who I really am, because if I show you...

I am afraid to show you who I really am, because if I show you...

Self-love is the greatest of all flatterers

Self-love is the greatest of all flatterers