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

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Self Importance Quotes

Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.

Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.

I adore political parties. They are the only place left to us where people don't...

I adore political parties. They are the only place left to us where people don't...

In America, the young are always ready to give to those older than themselves the...

In America, the young are always ready to give to those older than themselves the...

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.

To become a spectator of one's own life is to escape the suffering of life.

To become a spectator of one's own life is to escape the suffering of life.

Don't give a woman advice: one should never give a woman anything she can't wear...

Don't give a woman advice: one should never give a woman anything she can't wear...

People sometimes inquire what form of government is most suitable for an artist to live...

People sometimes inquire what form of government is most suitable for an artist to live...

Shallow sorrows and shallow loves live on. The loves and sorrows that are great are...

Shallow sorrows and shallow loves live on. The loves and sorrows that are great are...

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.

I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it....

I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it....

Deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.

Deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.

Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry,...

Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry,...

Seriousness is the last refuge of the shallow.

Seriousness is the last refuge of the shallow.

How else but through a broken heart may Lord Christ enter in?

How else but through a broken heart may Lord Christ enter in?

These days man knows the price of everything, but the value of nothing.

These days man knows the price of everything, but the value of nothing.

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...

True love is like a pair of socks: you gotta have two and they've gotta...

True love is like a pair of socks: you gotta have two and they've gotta...

Mr. Henry James writes fiction as if it were a painful duty.

Mr. Henry James writes fiction as if it were a painful duty.

I can stand brute force, but brute reason is quite unbearable. There is something unfair...

I can stand brute force, but brute reason is quite unbearable. There is something unfair...

Most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it is...

Most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it is...