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The Picture of Dorian Gray (Dover Thrift Editions)

In this celebrated work, his only novel, Wilde forged a devastating portrait of the effects of evil and debauchery on a young aesthete in late-19th-century England. Combining elements of the Gothic horror novel and decadent French fiction, the boo

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“You are a wonderful creation. You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you want to know.”

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“If a man treats a life artistically, his brain is his heart.”

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Tagged: Art, Life, heart, Passion

“She lives the poetry she cannot write.”

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Tagged: Reality, Poetic Expression

“A burnt child loves the fire.”

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“I don’t want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them.”

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Tagged: emotions, strength

“One should absorb the colour of life, but one should never remember its details. Details are always vulgar.”

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Tagged: Life Quotes, Live A Better Life, Inspirational

“Life has been your art. You have set yourself to music. Your days are your sonnets.”

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Tagged: Life, Art, Music, Days, sonnets

“If a man treats a life artistically, his brain is his heart.”

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Tagged: Life, Art

“The curves of your lips rewrite history.”

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Tagged: Poetic, Love, admiration, Sweet Messages

“There was so much in you that charmed me that I felt I must tell you something about yourself. I thought how tragic it would be if you were wasted.”

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Tagged: inspiration, Encouragement, Love, admiration

“The curves of your lips rewrite history.”

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Tagged: Literature Quotes, Literary Quotes, Best Book Quotes

“Is insincerity such a terrible thing? I think not. It is merely a method by which we can multiply our personalities.”

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Tagged: Insecurity, Relationships, Self Worth, Personality

“But then one regrets the loss even of one's worst habits. Perhaps one regrets them the most. They are such an essential part of one's personality.”

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Tagged: Reget, Loss And Love, Relationships, Oscar Wilde Quotes

“He wanted to be where no one would know who he was. He wanted to escape from himself.”

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Tagged: Escape, Own Worst Enemy, Leaving, Oscar Wilde Quotes

“Women represent the triumph of matter over mind, just as men represent the triumph of mind over morals.”

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Tagged: Mind Over Matter, Triumph, Sex Quotes, Relationships

“Some things are more precious because they don't last long.”

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Tagged: Oscar Wilde Quotes, Appreciate, Forever, Relationships Ending

“She is very clever, too clever for a woman. She lacks the indefinable charm of weakness.”

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Tagged: clever, Woman, Weakness, Oscar Wilde Quotes

“Always! That is a dreadful word. It makes me shudder when I hear it. Women are so fond of using it. They spoil every romance by trying to make it last forever. It is a meaningless word, too. The only difference between a caprice and a life-long passion is that the caprice lasts a little longer.”

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Tagged: Always, Forever, Oscar Wilde Quotes, Relationships

“The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.”

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Tagged: Pick Up Lines, Pick Up Lines For Girls To Use On Guys, Temptation

“The studio was filled with the rich odour of roses, and when the light summer wind stirred amidst the trees of the garden, there came through the open door the heavy scent of the lilac, or the more delicate perfume of the pink-flowering thorn.”

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Tagged: first lines of books, Summertime