The reason we all like to think so well of others is that we... - Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
"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."
More quotes by Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
"There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book.Books are well written, or badly written. That is all."
"The only horrible thing in the world is ennui."
"To define is to limit."
"Jemanden zu beeinflussen bedeutet, ihm eine fremde Seele zu geben."
"There is no such thing as a good influence. Because to influence a person is to give him one's own soul. He does not think his natural thoughts, or burn with his natural passions. His virtures are not real to him. His sins, if there are such thing as sins, are borrowed. He becomes an echo of someone else's music, an actor of a part that has not been written for him."