Why was I born with such contemporaries?

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Self Importance Quotes

Those whom the gods love grow young.

Those whom the gods love grow young.

My own business always bores me to death; I prefer other people's.

My own business always bores me to death; I prefer other people's.

I can believe anything as long as it is incredible

I can believe anything as long as it is incredible

All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling.

All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling.

If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use...

If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use...

Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.

Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.

Yes, I am a thorough republican. No other form of government is so favorable to...

Yes, I am a thorough republican. No other form of government is so favorable to...

Authority is quite degrading

Authority is quite degrading

The way of paradoxes is the way of truth.

The way of paradoxes is the way of truth.

Those who are faithful know only the trivial side of love: it is the faithless...

Those who are faithful know only the trivial side of love: it is the faithless...

Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about.

Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about.

The well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves.

The well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves.

Memory... is the diary that we all carry about with us.

Memory... is the diary that we all carry about with us.

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...

Women have a wonderful instinct about things. They can discover everything except the obvious.

Women have a wonderful instinct about things. They can discover everything except the obvious.

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...

To love one's self is the beginning of a life-long romance

To love one's self is the beginning of a life-long romance

To love one's self is the beginning of a life-long romance

To love one's self is the beginning of a life-long romance

I can write better than anybody who can write faster, and I can write faster...

I can write better than anybody who can write faster, and I can write faster...