Quote by Oscar Wilde

Perhaps one never seems so much at one's ease as when one has to play a part.

Perhaps one never seems so much at one's ease as when one ha

Summary

This quote suggests that individuals often feel most comfortable and confident when they are pretending to be someone else or when they are in a role that requires them to act a certain way. It implies that assuming a different identity or persona can alleviate feelings of self-consciousness or vulnerability, allowing individuals to navigate social situations with ease. It highlights the idea that adopting a fictional persona can act as a shield or a means of protection, enabling people to present themselves in a way that feels more controlled and natural to them.

Topics

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

When you put down the good things you ought to have done, an

When you put down the good things you ought to have done, and leave out the bad ones you did do well, that's Memoirs.

Nowadays nothing but money counts: a fortune brings honors,

Nowadays nothing but money counts: a fortune brings honors, friendships, the poor man everywhere lies low.

Did you ever stop to think, and forget to start again?

Did you ever stop to think, and forget to start again?

As a young boy, I read 'Cheaper by the Dozen' and immediatel

As a young boy, I read 'Cheaper by the Dozen' and immediately became neurotic about my use of time. It taxed me severely, but only for the next 50 years. But I think it also allowed me to discipline myself to sit in the chair and be a writer, where one of the most needed qualities is patience.

Trifles light as air are to the jealous confirmations strong

Trifles light as air are to the jealous confirmations strong as proofs of holy writ.

William Shakespeare

Jealousy Pessimism Coincidence

Choose rather to punish your appetites than be punished by t

Choose rather to punish your appetites than be punished by them.

The Internet will win because it is relentless. Like a canni

The Internet will win because it is relentless. Like a cannibal, it even turns on it own. Though early portals like Prodigy and AOL once benefited from their first-mover status, competitors surpassed them as technology and consumer preferences changed.

For hardly any of the ecclesiastical writers have handled th

For hardly any of the ecclesiastical writers have handled the Divine Scriptures more ineptly and absurdly than Origen and Jerome.

Martin Luther King Jr.

You will now have a starting place and a destination, and yo

You will now have a starting place and a destination, and you will be able to determine what it will cost you to get there. You will be going someplace.

H. Stanley Judd

Many a man owes his success to his first wife and his second

Many a man owes his success to his first wife and his second wife to his success.

Success & Failure

Be on the alert to recognize your prime at whatever time of

Be on the alert to recognize your prime at whatever time of your life it may occur.

Life Time Thetimes

No one can be as calculatedly rude as the British, which ama

No one can be as calculatedly rude as the British, which amazes Americans, who do not understand studied insult and can only offer abuse as a substitute.