Quotes about Reflection
But the bravest man amongst us is afraid of himself.
— Oscar Wilde
I am always astonishing myself. It is the only thing that makes life worth living.
— Oscar Wilde
Each narrow cell in which we dwell Is a foul and dark latrine, And the fetid breath of living Death Chokes up each grated screen, And all, but Lust, is turned to dust In Humanity's machine.
— Oscar Wilde
We live in an age when men treat art as if it were meant to be a form of autobiography.
— Oscar Wilde
Literature always anticipates life. It does not copy it, but molds it to its purpose.
— Oscar Wilde
All I want now is to look at life. You may come and look at it with me, if you care to
— Oscar Wilde
The supreme vice is shallowness. Whatever is realised is right.
— Oscar Wilde
People are so annoying. All my pianists look exactly like poets; and all my poets look exactly like pianists.
— Oscar Wilde
The reason we all like to think so well of others is that we are all afraid for ourselves.
— Oscar Wilde
Even when one has been wounded by it, Harry? asked the duchess after a pause. Especially when one has been wounded by it, answered Lord Henry.
— Oscar Wilde
As the painter looked at the gracious and comely form he had so skilfully mirrored in his art, a smile of pleasure passed across his face, and seemed about to linger there.
— Oscar Wilde
I suffered immensely. Then it passed away. I cannot repeat an emotion. No one can, except sentimentalists.
— Oscar Wilde