Books Quote by Oscar Wilde Download Open image ““In literature mere egotism is delightful.”” — Oscar Wilde ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.7 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Books Delight
“Ego is an especially sinister foe because it often comes disguised as justice.” — Todd Henry Copy Share Image
“What is the nature of egoism? It spends away everything in its power!” — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“No egoism is so insufferable as the Christian with regard to his soul.” — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
The goitre of egotism is so frequent among notable persons, that we must infer some strong necessity in nature which it subserves;such as we… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“Where there is activity, there is egoism; one can’t be free from activity through use of egoism.” — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“The novels which I approve are such as display human nature with grandeur” — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“But in the end, attacking the ego is just a subtle disguise for attacking yourself. Destroying the ego would serve no purpose even if… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
“The ultimate function of literature is to appreciate the world, sometimes indignantly, sometimes sorrowfully, but best of all to praise when it is luckily… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
The books that the world calls immoral are the books that show the world its own shame. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Bachelors should be heavily taxed. It is not fair that some men should be happier than others — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“Basil my dear boy puts everything that is charming in him into his work. The consequence is that he has nothing left for life… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
I don't at all like knowing what people say of me behind my back. It makes me far too conceited. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“If these elements of beauty are real, the whole thing simply appeals to our sense of dramatic effect. Suddenly we find that we are… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“Those who find beautiful meanings in beautiful things are the cultivated. For these there is hope.” — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Men always want to be a womans first love. Women have a more subtle instinct: What they like is to be a mans last… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
I think a new world will arise out of the religious mists when we approach our Bible with the idea that it is not… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
If I had a dollar for every time I couldn’t sleep, I could buy a billion locks and finally read a book in peace. — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
If what I write is literature, I guess you'd better emphasize the 'litter.' — Lydia Lunch Copy Share Image
My sentences got sharper and my stories more efficient, and I gradually learned to imagine the reader more clearly and to empathize with that… — Karen Thompson Walker Copy Share Image
Young men, especially in America, write to me and ask me to recommend “a course of reading.” Distrust a course of reading! People who… — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
“Within the pages of books, I've journeyed to Mandalay, the Milky Way and Santa Fe, without once having to leave my armchair.” — Kevin Ansbro Copy Share Image
“Tacitus did not write a most dangerous book. His readers made it so.” — Christopher K. Krebs Copy Share Image
“Take some books and read; that’s an immense help; and books are always good company if you have the right sort.” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Reader, if you are gifted with nerves like mine, aspire to any character but that of a wit. — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
I have many who keep me going, I am very fortunate in this sense. There is nothing like a child who knows more about… — Floyd Cooper Copy Share Image
I think books in which people are really happy and things are going well are probably the most challenging novels there are to write,… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
