ドリアン・グレイの肖像

I believe that women appreciate cruelty more than any- thing else. They have wonderfully primitive instincts. We have emancipated them, but they remain slaves looking for their masters, all the same. They love being dominated.

I believe that women appreciate cruelty more than any- thing else

There is really no end to the consolations that women find in modern life. Indeed, I have not mentioned the most important one of all.’
‘What is that, Harry?’ said Dorian Gray, listlessly.
‘Oh, the obvious one. Taking some one else’s admirer when one loses one’s own. In good society that always whitewashes a woman.

Religion con- soles some. Its mysteries have all the charm of a flirtation

Never trust a woman who wears mauve, whatever her age may be, or a woman over thirty-five who is fond of pink ribbons. It al- ways means that they have a history.

Ordinary women always console themselves.

But women never know when the curtain has fallen. They always want a sixth act, and as soon as the interest of the play is entirely over they propose to continue it.

I once wore nothing but violets all through one season, as mourning for a romance that would not die. Ultimately, however, it did die. I forget what killed it. I think it was her proposing to sacrifice the whole world for me. That is always a dreadful moment. It fills one with the terror of eternity.

One should absorb the color of life, but one should never remember its details. Details are al- ways vulgar.

That awful memory of woman! What a fearful thing it is!