“Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing.”
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
“In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I've been turning over in my mind ever since.
"Whenever you feel like criticizing any one," he told me, "just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had.”
― The Great Gatsby
"Whenever you feel like criticizing any one," he told me, "just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had.”
― The Great Gatsby
“Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter.”
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
“O iubire provocată de cauze conştiente, de calităţi pentru care dicţionarul are cuvinte, de însuşiri externe, o iubire acordată ca un premiu pentru calităţi estetice, morale şi intelectuale, o iubire pe care o poţi justifica nu este iubire.”
― Adela
― Adela
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