“The soul is a terrible reality. It can be bought and sold and bartered away.”

“memory, like a horrible malady, was eating his soul away”

“Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul.”

“Is insincerity such a terrible thing? I think not. It is merely a method by which we can multiply our personalities.”

“The secret to life is to enjoy the pleasure of being terribly, terribly deceived.”

“Gwendolen, it is a terrible thing for a man to find out suddenly that all his life he has been speaking nothing but the truth. Can you forgive me?”

“Jack: “Gwendolen, it is a terrible thing for a man to find out suddenly that all his life he has been speaking nothing but the truth. Can you forgive me?”Gwendolen: “I can. For I feel that you are sure to change.”