"Only the shallow know themselves"
2007-07-16 09:37:11 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
100% right on the money.
2007-07-16 09:41:04 · answer #1 · answered by Teethdoc98 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I agree with Wonky fella, for once the Wilde man was talking absolute shite. Shallow people will only ever see their outer layer or what they want to.
Only the deep will know themselves as they are, and only the truly brave will dare to see themselves as others do..
2007-07-17 08:48:32 · answer #2 · answered by Baby 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Many a true word spoken in jest. It must have been a marvel to have been in the company of Oscar Wilde!
2007-07-16 09:42:06 · answer #3 · answered by Raymo 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I love the Big O, but a lot of times he was just spitting out words to fill the silence. Nobody knows themself.
2007-07-16 09:52:07 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That partially contradicts the Oracle of Delphi with "know thyself". Both are true to some extent.
2007-07-16 09:40:45 · answer #5 · answered by KatGuy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To truly 'know' yourself, you have to know your weaknesses.
A shallow person would not look deep enough to see those weaknesses.
So, therefore, only deep thinkers actually 'know' themselves.
2007-07-16 09:46:11 · answer #6 · answered by wonkyfella 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not true. It's an indictment of shallowness in people.
2007-07-16 09:41:23 · answer #7 · answered by captbullshot 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well, yes and no.
I don't think the shallow are very introspective.
2007-07-16 09:40:48 · answer #8 · answered by diannegoodwin@sbcglobal.net 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
so true and only the meek will inherit
2007-07-16 09:40:02 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No it must be misquoted as he would never have said something so obvious.
2007-07-16 09:41:08 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋