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  • I live in terror of not being misunderstood.

    Oscar Wilde (2007). “The Collected Works of Oscar Wilde”, p.971, Wordsworth Editions
  • No man dies for what he knows to be true. Men die for what they want to be true, for what some terror in their hearts tells them is not true.

    Oscar Wilde (1969). “The Artist as Critic: Critical Writings of Oscar Wilde”, p.219, University of Chicago Press
  • The terror of society, which is the basis of morals, the terror of God, which is the secret of religion-these are the two things that govern us.

    Oscar Wilde (2014). “The Picture of Dorian Gray and Other Writings”, p.22, Simon and Schuster
  • He was a hero to his valet, who bullied him, and a terror to most of his relations, whom he bullied in turn. Only England could have produced him, and he always said that the country was going to the dogs. His principles were out of date, but there was a good deal to be said for his prejudices.

    Oscar Wilde (2007). “The Collected Works of Oscar Wilde”, p.25, Wordsworth Editions
  • When our eyes met, I felt that I was growing pale. A curious sensation of terror came over me. I knew that I had come face to face with some one whose mere personality was so fascinating that, if I allowed it to do so, it would absorb my whole nature, my whole soul, my very art itself.

    Oscar Wilde (2005). “Picture of Dorian Gray”, p.17, Prestwick House Inc
  • I am but too conscious of the fact that we are born in an age when only the dull are treated seriously, and I live in terror of not being misunderstood.

    Oscar Wilde (2007). “The Collected Works of Oscar Wilde”, p.971, Wordsworth Editions
  • The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

    Oscar Wilde, Russell Jackson, Joseph Bristow, Ian Small (2000). “The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: The picture of Dorian Gray : the 1890 and 1891 texts”, p.52, Oxford University Press on Demand
  • It is in the brain, and the brain only, that the great sins of the world take place also. You, Mr. Gray, you yourself, with yourrose-red youth and your rose-white boyhood, you have had passions that have made you afraid, thoughts that have filled you with terror, day-dreams and sleeping dreams whose mere memory might stain your cheek with shame.

  • 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.

    Oscar Wilde, Russell Jackson, Joseph Bristow, Ian Small (2000). “The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: The picture of Dorian Gray : the 1890 and 1891 texts”, p.52, Oxford University Press on Demand
  • It is not wise to find symbols in everything that one sees. It makes life too full of terrors.

    Oscar Wilde (2015). “Salome”, p.148, Broadview Press
  • I am but too conscious of the fact that we are born in an age when only the dull are treated seriously, and I live in terror of not being misunderstood. Don't degrade me into the position of giving you useful information. Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.

    Oscar Wilde (2007). “The Collected Works of Oscar Wilde”, p.971, Wordsworth Editions
  • To be good, according to the vulgar standard of goodness, is obviously quite easy. It merely requires a certain amount of sordid terror, a certain lack of imaginative thought, and a certain low passion for middle-class respectability.

    Oscar Wilde (2012). “The Wit and Humor of Oscar Wilde”, p.191, Courier Corporation
  • We become lovers when we see Romeo and Juliet, and Hamlet makes us students. The blood of Duncan is upon our hands, with Timon werage against the world, and when Lear wanders out upon the heath the terror of madness touches us. Ours is the white sinlessness of Desdemona, and ours, also, the sin of Iago.

    Oscar Wilde, Merlin Holland (2003). “Collins complete works of Oscar Wilde”, HarperCollins UK
  • As I lounged in the Park, or strolled down Piccadilly, I used to look at everyone who passed me, and wonder, with mad curiosity, what sort of lives they led. some of them fascinated me. Others filled me with terror.

    Oscar Wilde (2007). “The Collected Works of Oscar Wilde”, p.36, Wordsworth Editions
  • Biography lends to death a new terror.

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    Oscar Wilde (1947). “The Happy Prince”, p.16, New Line Publishing
  • I forget what killed it. I think it was her proposing to sacrifice the whole world for me. That is always a dreadful moment. It fills one with the terror of eternity.

    Oscar Wilde (2015). “The Picture of Dorian Gray (Diversion Classics)”, p.112, Diversion Books
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