Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
Tag: Oscar Wilde
The secret of life is to appreciate the pleasure of being terribly, terribly deceived.
The only thing that sustains one through life is the consciousness of the immense inferiority of everybody else, and this is a feeling that I have always cultivated.
He has never written a single book, so you can imagine how much he knows.
It is a very sad thing that nowadays there is so little useless information.
Knowledge would be fatal, it is the uncertainty that charms one. A mist makes things beautiful.
People are very fond of giving away what they need most themselves. It is what I call the depth of generosity.
There is always something ridiculous about the emotions of people whom one has ceased to love.