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

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go

Life imitates art far more than art imitates Life.

Life imitates art far more than art imitates Life.

The critic has to educate the public; the artist has to educate the critic.

The critic has to educate the public; the artist has to educate the critic.

Why was I born with such contemporaries?

Why was I born with such contemporaries?

True friends stab you in the front.

True friends stab you in the front.

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 supreme object of life is to live. Few people live. It is true life...

The supreme object of life is to live. Few people live. It is true life...

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...

Nothing makes one so vain as being told one is a sinner. Conscience makes egotists...

Nothing makes one so vain as being told one is a sinner. Conscience makes egotists...

Young men want to be faithful, and are not; old men want to be faithless,...

Young men want to be faithful, and are not; old men want to be faithless,...

His morality is all sympathy, just what morality should be

His morality is all sympathy, just what morality should be

Most men and women are forced to perform parts for which they have no qualification.

Most men and women are forced to perform parts for which they have no qualification.

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.

It is better to be beautiful than to be good. But... it is better to...

It is better to be beautiful than to be good. But... it is better to...

Genius is born, not paid.

Genius is born, not paid.

The world has been made by fools that men should live in it

The world has been made by fools that men should live in it

It is exactly because a man cannot do a thing that he is a proper...

It is exactly because a man cannot do a thing that he is a proper...

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...

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....

Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of...

Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of...