9 Oscar Wilde Quotes on Self

Oscar Wilde quotes on self

26. Tell me, when you are alone with him [ Max Beerbohm ] Sphinx, does he take off his face and reveal his mask?

44. The critic is he who can translate into another manner or a new material his impression of beautiful things. The highest, as the lowest, form of criticism is a mode of autobiography.

79. When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one's self, and one always ends by deceiving others.

131. Only the shallow know themselves.

141. Lord Illingworth: I am always astonishing myself. It is the only thing that makes life worth living.

177. I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it. It is never of any use to oneself.

209. Something was dead in each of us, And what was dead was Hope.

222. When one has weighed the sun in the balance, and measured the steps of the moon, and mapped out the seven heavens, there still remains oneself. Who can calculate the orbit of his own soul?

233. I don't recognize you - I've changed a lot.