Цитаты из книги Portretul lui Dorian Gray

Success was given to the strong, failure thurst upon the weak.

‌I like men who have a future and women who have a past.

Поверить я могу во что угодно, и тем охотнее, чем оно невероятнее.

‌Women defend themselves by attacking, just as they attack by sudden and strange surrenders.

Разве притворство — такой уж великий грех? Едва ли. Оно лишь придает многообразие человеческой личности.

Спорят только бнзнадежные кретины.

Как это ни печально, Гений, несомненно, жолговечнее Красоты.

One should always eat muffins quite calmly. It is the only way to eat them.

'I don't think I should like America.' 'I suppose because we have no ruins and no curiosities,' said Virginia satirically. 'No ruins! no curiosities!' answered the Ghost, 'you have your navy and your manners.'

For the next three Saturdays, accordingly, he traversed the corridor as usual between midnight and three o'clock, taking every possible precaution against being either heard or seen. He removed his boots, trod as lightly as possible on the old worm-eaten boards, wore a large black velvet cloak, and was careful to use the Rising Sun Lubricator for oiling his chains.

Jack. Gwendolen, it is a terrible thing for a man to find out suddenly that all his life he has been speaking nothing but the truth. Can you forgive me? Gwendolen. I can. For I feel that you are sure to change.

If you are not too long, I will wait here for you all my life.

He has nothing, but he looks everything. What more can one desire?

You are too much alone, dear Dr. Chasuble. You should get married. A misanthrope I can understand--a womanthrope, never!

Dear Uncle Jack is so very serious! Sometimes he is so serious that I think he cannot be quite well.

Маску добродетели нацепил из лицемерия. Самоотречением занялся от чистого любопытства.

За городом кто угодно может быть хорошим. Там нет соблазнов. Именно поэтому люди, проживающие в деревне, абсолютно нецивилизованны. Приобщиться к цивилизации весьма непросто. Есть лишь два способа. Первый -вращаться в свете, второй - погрузиться в разврат. У деревенских жителей нет ни той, ни другой возможности, поэтому они и влачат добродетельное существование.

Определения суть ограничения.