Tao Te Ching
Picture of Dorian Gray
By Oscar Wilde
Although deeply censored before publication, this highly philosophical novel provoked such a strong reaction in Victorian circles that many called for Wilde’s prosecution for violating “public morality.”
Quotes from Picture of Dorian Gray
“Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is by far the best ending for one.”
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“Live the wonderful life that is in you! Let nothing be lost upon you. Be always searching for new sensations. Be afraid of nothing”
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“People know the price of everything and the value of nothing.”
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“The only things one never regrets are one's mistakes.”
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“There are many things that we would throw away, if we were not afraid that others might pick them up.”
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“They are the elect to whom beautiful things mean only Beauty.”
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“Those who are faithful know only the trivial side of love; it is the faithless who know love's tragedies.”
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“When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one's self, and one always ends by deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.”
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“Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.”
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“Young men want to be faithful, and are not; old men want to be faithless, and cannot.”
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