Oscar Wilde quote about terror from 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.
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“ 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, The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890). copy citation

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Author Oscar Wilde
Source The Picture of Dorian Gray
Topic terror optimism
Date 1890
Language English
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Oscar Wilde quote about terror from 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.
Oscar Wilde quote about terror from 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.