The only horrible thing in the world is ennui. - Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
"The only horrible thing in the world is ennui."
"The only horrible thing in the world is ennui."
"But then one regrets the loss even of one's worst habits. Perhaps one regrets them the most. They are such an essential part of one's personality."
"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."
"To define is to limit."
"It is perfectly monstrous,' he said, at last, 'the way people go about nowadays saying things against one behind one's back that are absolutely and entirely true."
"The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame."