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

Nothing is so aggravating than calmness.

Nothing is so aggravating than calmness.

While to the claims of charity a man may yield and yet be free, to...

While to the claims of charity a man may yield and yet be free, to...

A man's face is his autobiography. A woman's face is her work of fiction.

A man's face is his autobiography. A woman's face is her work of fiction.

In the wild struggle for existance, we want to have something that endures, and so...

In the wild struggle for existance, we want to have something that endures, and so...

One's real life is often the life that one does not lead

One's real life is often the life that one does not lead

Plain women are always jealous of their husbands. Beautiful women never are. They are always...

Plain women are always jealous of their husbands. Beautiful women never are. They are always...

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.

I welcome this opportunity of pricking the bloated bladder of lies with the poniard of...

I welcome this opportunity of pricking the bloated bladder of lies with the poniard of...

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

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

There is nothing so difficult to marry as a large nose.

There is nothing so difficult to marry as a large nose.

People who love only once in their lives are. . . shallow people. What they...

People who love only once in their lives are. . . shallow people. What they...

I don't like compliments, and I don't see why a man should think he is...

I don't like compliments, and I don't see why a man should think he 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...

It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances

It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances

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...

The way of paradoxes is the way of truth.

The way of paradoxes is the way of truth.

Few parents nowadays pay any regard to what their children say to them. The old...

Few parents nowadays pay any regard to what their children say to them. The old...

They afterwards took me to a dancing saloon where I saw the only rational method...

They afterwards took me to a dancing saloon where I saw the only rational method...

All of my life I have always had the urge to do things better than...

All of my life I have always had the urge to do things better than...

It is not enough merely to exist. It's not enough to say, 'I'm earning enough...

It is not enough merely to exist. It's not enough to say, 'I'm earning enough...