Dalal

“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. We think that we are generous because we credit our neighbour with the possession of those virtues that are likely to be a benefit to us”
― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

“The only things that one can use in fiction are the things that one has ceased to use in fact.”
― Oscar Wilde

“The commonest thing is delightful if one only hides it.”
― Oscar Wilde

“To be good is to be in harmony with one's self.”
― Oscar Wilde