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There was purification in punishment. Not 'Forgive us our sins,' but 'Smite us for our iniquities' should be the prayer of a man to a most just God.

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Absolute catholicity of taste is not without its dangers. It is only an auctioneer who should admire all schools of art.

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Let me be surrounded by luxury, I can do without the necessities!

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An excellent man; he has no enemies; and none of his friends like him.

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Well, I can’t help going to see Sibyl play, even if it is only for an act. I get hungry for her presence; and when I think of the wonderful soul that is hidden away in that little ivory body, I am filled with awe." "You can dine with me to-night, Dorian, can’t you?" He shook his head. "To night she is Imogen," he answered, "and tomorrow night she will be Juliet." "When is she Sibyl Vane?" "Never." "I congratulate you.

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Books are well written, or badly written. That is all.

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Ah, on what little things does happiness depend.

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There is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves we feel no one else has a right to blame us.

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Lord Illingworth told me this morning that there was an orchid there as beautiful as the seven deadly sins.

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Ultimately the bond of all companionship, whether in marriage or in friendship, is conversation.

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When one is in town one amuses oneself. When one is in the country one amuses other people. It is excessively boring.

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Women are meant to be loved, not to be understood.

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The longer I live, Dorian, the more keenly I feel that whatever was good enough for our fathers is not good enough for us. In art, as in politics, les grand-pères ont toujours tort.

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Lean on principles, one day they'll end up giving way.

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To get back one's youth one has merely to repeat one's follies.

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In every first novel the hero is the author as Christ or Faust.

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Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.

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A map of the world that does not include Utopia is not worth even glancing at, for it leaves out the one country at which Humanity is always landing. And when Humanity lands there, it looks out, and, seeing a better country, sets sail. Progress is the realisation of Utopias.

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Sometimes it takes courage to give into temptation.

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The criminal classes are so close to us that even the policemen can see them.

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