To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast.

Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast.

Any preoccupation with ideas of what is right or wrong in conduct shows an arrested...

Any preoccupation with ideas of what is right or wrong in conduct shows an arrested...

Good resolutions are simply checks that men draw on a bank where they have no...

Good resolutions are simply checks that men draw on a bank where they have no...

To get back to my youth I would do anything in the world, except take...

To get back to my youth I would do anything in the world, except take...

Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.

Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.

I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in...

I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in...

If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend...

If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend...

An optimist will tell you the glass is half-full; the pessimist, half-empty; and the engineer...

An optimist will tell you the glass is half-full; the pessimist, half-empty; and the engineer...

Nowadays most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it...

Nowadays most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it...

An excellent man; he has no enemies; and none of his friends like him.

An excellent man; he has no enemies; and none of his friends like him.

A man who is master of himself can end a sorrow as easily as he...

A man who is master of himself can end a sorrow as easily as he...

Anybody can be good in the country. There are no temptations there.

Anybody can be good in the country. There are no temptations there.

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...

I can believe anything as long as it is incredible

I can believe anything as long as it is incredible

The worst vice of a fanatic is his sincerity.

The worst vice of a fanatic is his sincerity.

Extravagance is the luxury of the poor; penury is the luxury of the rich

Extravagance is the luxury of the poor; penury is the luxury of the rich

The old believe everything; the middle aged suspect everything: the young know everything.

The old believe everything; the middle aged suspect everything: the young know everything.

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

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

By self-interest, Man has become gregarious, but in instinct he has remained to a great...

By self-interest, Man has become gregarious, but in instinct he has remained to a great...

It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that...

It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that...