The Picture of Dorian Gray

by Oscar Wilde

genius lasts longer than beauty.

Mere words! Was there anything so real as words?

Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic.

Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing.”

He says things that annoy me. He gives me good advice.” Lord Henry smiled. “People are very fond of giving away what they need most themselves.

Beautiful sins, like beautiful things, are the privilege of the rich.”