Цитаты из книги Das Bildnis des Dorian Gray

It is only shallow people who require years to get rid of an emotion.

A man who is master of himself can end a sorrow as easily as he can invent a pleasure.

It is only the sacred things that are worth touching

Why didn’t you tell me that the only thing worth loving is an actress?

The mere danger gave me a sense of delight.

Young men want to be faithful, and are not; old men want to be faithless, and cannot

he felt afraid of him, and ashamed of being afraid. Why had it been left for a stranger to reveal him to himself? He had known Basil Hallward for months, but the friendship between then had never altered him. Sud- denly there had come some one across his life who seemed to have disclosed to him life’s mystery. And, yet, what was there to be afraid of?

Women have no appreciation of good looks. At least, good women have not.

It is a sad thing to think of, but there is no doubt that Genius lasts longer than Beauty.

that there are only two eras of any importance in the history of the world. The first is the appearance of a new medium for art, and the second is the appearance of a new personality for art also.

I couldn’t be happy if I didn’t see him every day. Of course sometimes it is only for a few minutes. But a few minutes with somebody one worships mean a great deal.’

I like persons better than principles

the more insincere the man is, the more purely intellectual will the idea be, as in that case it will not be colored by either his wants, his desires, or his prejudices

"Никогда не люби никого, кто обращается с тобой, будто ты обычный"

— Дорогой мой, — сказал лорд Генри, улыбаясь, — в деревне всякий может быть хорошим. Там нет искушений. Вот почему люди, не живущие в городах, всегда так страшно нецивилизован! Цивилизации не так-то легко достигнуть; для этого существует только два способа: культура и развращенность. Деревенские жители не имеют доступа ни к тому, ни к другому, потому-то они и застаиваются.

Poets are not so scrupulous as you are. They know how useful passion is for publication. Nowadays a broken heart will run to many editions.

Люблю театр. Он гораздо более настоящий, чем реальная жизнь.

На войне сильные превращают в рабов слабых, а в мирное время, богатые превращают в рабов бедняков.