Book detail: The Picture Of Dorian Gray is presented as a focused source page for quotations connected with this book, collection, transcript, or source record.
The story follows the protagonist Dorian Gray, whose portrait ages while he remains youthful, leading to a dark exploration of the consequences of unchecked desires.
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“That a burnt child loves the fire' 'I am not even singed. My wings are untouched.”
“Hasta la memoria de una alegría tiene su amargura, y los recuerdos de un placer su dolor.”
“It would kill the past, and when that was dead, he would be free.”
“Toplumun ahlaka aykırı saydığı kitaplar topluma kendi ayıbını gösteren kitaplardır.”
“Or that passion to act a part that sometimes makes us do things finer than we are ourselves?”
“Except, of course, in the Church. But then in the Church they don’t think.”
“The girl laughed again. The joy of a caged bird was in her voice.”
“But youth smiles without any reason. It is one of its chiefest charms.”
“Threads snap.You would lose your way in the labyrinth.”
“La única forma de liberarnos de la tentación es ceder a ella.”
“El cuerpo peca una vez, y se acabó, porque la acción es una forma de purificación.”
“Kobiety bronią się, atakując, a atakują, ustępując nagle w najmniej spodziewanym momencie.”
“bardziej lubię ludzi niż zasady, a ponad wszystko lubię ludzi bez żadnych zasad.”
“Il passato non ha che un unico fascino: quello di essere passato.”
“Había pecados que resultaban más interesantes al recordarlos que al hacerlos.”
“Of all people in the world the English have the least sense of the beauty of literature.”
“As long as I live, the personality of Dorian Gray will dominate me.”
“Para recuperar la juventud, basta con repetir las mismas locuras que uno hizo entonces.”