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Picture of Dorian Gray
Jul. 8th, 2004 06:10 pm"The value of an idea has nothing whatsoever to do with the sincerity of the man who expresses it. Indeed, the probabilities are that the more insincere the man is, the more purely intellectual the idea will be, as in that case it will not be colored by either his wants, his desires, or his prejudices."
"He read of the Obelisk in the Place de la Concorde that weeps tears of granite in its lovely sunless exile, and longs to be back by the hot lotus-covered Nile, where there are Sphinxes, and rose-red ibises, and white vultures with gilded claws, and crocodiles, with small beryl eyes, that crawl over the green steaming mud."
"I am so glad you have never done anything - never carved a statue, or painted a picture, or produced anything outside of yourself! Life has been your art. You have set yourself to music. Your days are your sonnets."
"The Picture of Dorian Gray," by Oscar Wilde
"He read of the Obelisk in the Place de la Concorde that weeps tears of granite in its lovely sunless exile, and longs to be back by the hot lotus-covered Nile, where there are Sphinxes, and rose-red ibises, and white vultures with gilded claws, and crocodiles, with small beryl eyes, that crawl over the green steaming mud."
"I am so glad you have never done anything - never carved a statue, or painted a picture, or produced anything outside of yourself! Life has been your art. You have set yourself to music. Your days are your sonnets."
"The Picture of Dorian Gray," by Oscar Wilde
