Most people are other people. Their thoughts are some one else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.
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Oscar WildeDe Profundis (written 1897, published 1905)
About Oscar Wilde
Irish playwright and wit, author of The Importance of Being Earnest. (1854-1900)
More from Oscar Wilde
- To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young (1894)
- Experience is the name every one gives to their mistakes.Lady Windermere's Fan (1892), Act III
- We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.Lady Windermere's Fan (1892), Act III
- I can resist everything except temptation.Lady Windermere's Fan (1892), Act I
- There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890), ch. 1
- The truth is rarely pure and never simple.The Importance of Being Earnest (1895), Act I
More quotes on mindset
- Limits, like fears, are often just an illusion.Michael Jordan
- Don't beat yourself. That's the worst kind of defeat you'll ever suffer.John Wooden
- You should never try to be better than someone else, you should always be learning from others. But you should never cease trying to be the best you could be because that's under your control and the other isn't.John Wooden
- Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.Babe Ruth
- No matter what, people are going to like you or not like you. So be authentic, and let them like you or not for who you actually are.Kobe Bryant
- Get over yourself! 'Cause it's not about you, man.Kobe Bryant
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