“It is perfectly monstrous,' he said, at last, 'the way people go about nowadays saying things against one behind one's back that are absolutely and entirely true.”
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
“Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic.”
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
“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 was the passions about whose origin we deceived ourselves that tyrannized most strongly over us.”
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
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