There is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves we feel that no one else has a right to blame us.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Self Assessment Quotes

Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses...

Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses...

A mans face is his autobiography. A women's face is her work of fiction.

A mans face is his autobiography. A women's face is her work of fiction.

Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow.

Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow.

Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.

Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.

Indeed, in many respects she was quite English and was an excellent example of the...

Indeed, in many respects she was quite English and was an excellent example of the...

Action is the last resource of those who know not how to dream.

Action is the last resource of those who know not how to dream.

God's eternal laws are kind-and break the heart of stone.

God's eternal laws are kind-and break the heart of stone.

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...

It is a very sad thing that nowadays there is so little useless information.

It is a very sad thing that nowadays there is so little useless information.

The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own...

The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own...

An ordinary man away from home giving advice.

An ordinary man away from home giving advice.

One should never trust a woman who tells her real age. If she tells that,...

One should never trust a woman who tells her real age. If she tells that,...

Popularity is the crown of laurel which the world puts on bad art. Whatever is...

Popularity is the crown of laurel which the world puts on bad art. Whatever is...

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...

Men always want to be a woman's first love. Women have a more subtle instinct:...

Men always want to be a woman's first love. Women have a more subtle instinct:...

The well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves.

The well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves.

There is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves we feel no one else...

There is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves we feel no one else...

The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it... I can...

The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it... I can...

In America the President reigns for four years, and Journalism governs forever and ever.

In America the President reigns for four years, and Journalism governs forever and ever.

Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds.

Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds.