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“People are very fond of giving away what they need most themselves. It is what I call the depth of generosity.”
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
“It is only shallow people who require years to get rid of an emotion. A man who is master of himself can end a sorrow as easily as he can invent a pleasure. I don't want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them.”
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
“I have grown to love secrecy. It seems to be the one thing that can make modern life mysterious or marvelous to us. The commonest thing is delightful if only one hides it.”
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
“But we never get back our youth… The pulse of joy that beats in us at twenty becomes sluggish. Our limbs fail, our senses rot. We degenerate into hideous puppets, haunted by the memory of the passions of which we were too much afraid, and the exquisite temptations that we had not the courage to yield to.”
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
“I am tired of myself tonight. I should like to be somebody else.”
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
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