When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one's self, and one always ends by deceiving others. That is what world calls a romance.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Deceit Quotes, Romance Quotes, Self Awareness Quotes

A man cannot reason with the woman he loves: he cares about her too much.

A man cannot reason with the woman he loves: he cares about her too much.

Art is the most intense mode of invidualism that the world has known.

Art is the most intense mode of invidualism that the world has known.

To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like...

To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like...

Football is all very well as a game for rough girls, but is hardly suitable...

Football is all very well as a game for rough girls, but is hardly suitable...

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.

Only the shallow know themselves.

Only the shallow know themselves.

America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.

America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.

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,...

Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.

Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.

Time is waste of money.

Time is waste of money.

The aim of love is to love: no more, and no less.

The aim of love is to love: no more, and no less.

Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals.

Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals.

Scepticism is the beginning of Faith.

Scepticism is the beginning of Faith.

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...

All charming people, I fancy, are spoiled. It is the secret of their attraction.

All charming people, I fancy, are spoiled. It is the secret of their attraction.

The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple.

The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple.

When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers.

When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers.

Man can believe the impossible, but man can never believe the improbable.

Man can believe the impossible, but man can never believe the improbable.

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...

A man can be happy with any woman, as long as he does not love...

A man can be happy with any woman, as long as he does not love...