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The praise of folly, as he went on, soared into a philosophy, and philosophy herself became young, and catching the mad music of pleasure, wearing, one might fancy, her wine-stained robe and wreath of ivy, danced like a Bacchante over the hills of life, and mocked the slow Silenus for being sober. Facts fled before her like frightened forest things. Her white feet trod the huge press at which wise Omar sits.

"Here was a visible symbol of the degradation of sin"
"I want to be good I can't bear the idea of my soul being hideous"
"There seemed to him to be something so tragic in a friendship so coloured by romance"
it breaks my heart to we Dorain turn heartless , I'm growing fond of Basil ,this book is a fascinating experience.

Dorain is engaged but obviously it won't last long! Henry is a classic villain :manipulative, charming *and Colin firth *.I don't know if I pity Dorain watching him Turn into a monster , I believe that part of him is good but he's already rotten!(when he asked"do you think my nature so shallow") Can anybody be so naïve! I like Basil a bit ,he's a mad artist so absorbed in his art , one of the things that I like about