Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value o... - Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

"Even things that are true can be proved."

"The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it."

"You have killed my love. You used to stir my imagination. Now you don't even stir my curiosity. You simply produce no effect. I loved you because you were marvelous, because you had genius and intellect, because you realized the dreams of great poets and gave shape and substance to the shadows of art. You have thrown it all away. You are shallow and stupid"

"The reason we all like to think so well of others is that we are all afraid for ourselves. The basis of optimism is sheer terror."

"Jemanden zu beeinflussen bedeutet, ihm eine fremde Seele zu geben."