Quotes from book
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Picture of Dorian Gray is a Gothic and philosophical novel by Oscar Wilde, first published complete in the July 1890 issue of Lippincott's Monthly Magazine. Fearing the story was indecent, the magazine's editor deleted roughly five hundred words before publication without Wilde's knowledge. Despite that censorship, The Picture of Dorian Gray offended the moral sensibilities of British book reviewers, some of whom said that Oscar Wilde merited prosecution for violating the laws guarding public morality. In response, Wilde aggressively defended his novel and art in correspondence with the British press, although he personally made excisions of some of the most controversial material when revising and lengthening the story for book publication the following year.
“Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing.”
Lord Darlington, Act III.
Lady Windermere's Fan (1892)
Variant: What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.
Source: The Picture of Dorian Gray
Context: A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing. [Answering the question, what is a cynic? ]
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“People are very fond of giving away what they need most themselves.”
Variant: People are very fond of giving away what they need most themselves. It is what I call the depth of generosity.
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“Those who find beautiful meanings in beautiful things are the cultivated. For these there is hope.”
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“The artist is the creator of beautiful things. To reveal art and conceal the artist is art's aim.”
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“If they know nothing of victory, they are at least spared the knowledge of defeat.”
Source: The Picture of Dorian Gray
