By patriotism is meant, not only spontaneous, instinctive love for one's own nation, and preference for it above all other nations, but also the belief that such love and preference are good and useful. Letter to Polish Journalist
Nothing is so strange when one is in love ... as the complete indifference of other people. Mrs. Dalloway
If you appear to be somebody important to others, distrust yourself. The Enchiridion
It was not intended as a compliment. It was a confession. Now that I have made it, something seems to have gone out of me. Perhaps one should never put one's worship into words. The Picture of Dorian Gray
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