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The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890)
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It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution.
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The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.
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A cigarette is the perfect type of a perfect pleasure. It is exquisite, and it leaves one unsatisfied. What more can one want?
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There is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves we feel that no one else has a right to blame us.
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Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.
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The youth of the present day are quite monstrous. They have absolutely no respect for dyed hair.
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If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend to be bad, it doesn't. Such is the astounding stupidity of optimism.
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One should absorb the colour of life, but one should never remember its details. Details are always vulgar.
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The moral life of man forms part of the subject matter of the artist, but the morality of art consists in the perfect use of an imperfect medium.
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It is he who has broken the bond of marriage - not I. I only break its bondage.
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Those who find ugly meanings in beautiful things are corrupt without being charming. This is a fault.
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You and I will always be friends." "Yet you poisoned me with a book once. I should not forgive that.
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Autumn burned brightly, a running flame through the mountains, a torch flung to the trees.
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Born:
October 16, 1854
Died:
November 30, 1900
(aged 46)
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