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Dorian Gray
Cultured and intellectual, he inhabits the most fashionable circles, spreading his own brand of highly intelligent, paradoxical philosophies about art and life. He is a powerful, often poisonous influence on young Dorian. As the story goes on, Dorian’s speech seems to mimic Lord Henry’s tricky style and his heartless sentiments seem to take Lord Henry’s tempting philosophies too seriously, that artful, pleasure-filled experiments in living is more important than morality.
Lord Henry Wotton Quotes in The Picture of Dorian Gray
The The Picture of Dorian Gray quotes below are all either spoken by Lord Henry Wotton or refer to Lord Henry Wotton. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 2
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“Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul”
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Chapter 6
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“I never approve or disapprove of anything now. It is an absurd attitude to take towards life.”
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“I am changed, and the mere touch of Sybil Vane’s hand makes me forget you and all your wrong, fascinating, poisonous, delightful theories.”
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Chapter 7
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“What a place to find one’s divinity in!”
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“The girl never really lived and so she never really died.”
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Chapter 15
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“She is very clever, too clever for a woman. She lacks the indefinable charm of weakness. It is the feet of clay that make the gold of the image precious.”
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Chapter 18
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“You would sacrifice anybody, Harry, for the sake of an epigram.”
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Chapter 19
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“It is not in you Dorian to commit a murder. I am sorry if I hurt your vanity by saying so, but I assure you it is true. Crime belongs exclusively to the lower orders. I don’t blame them in the smallest degree. I should fancy that crime was to them what art is to us, simply a method of procuring extraordinary sensations.”
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Lord Henry Wotton Quotes in The Picture of Dorian Gray
The The Picture of Dorian Gray quotes below are all either spoken by Lord Henry Wotton or refer to Lord Henry Wotton. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 2
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“Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul”
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Chapter 6
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“I never approve or disapprove of anything now. It is an absurd attitude to take towards life.”
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“I am changed, and the mere touch of Sybil Vane’s hand makes me forget you and all your wrong, fascinating, poisonous, delightful theories.”
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Chapter 7
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“What a place to find one’s divinity in!”
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“The girl never really lived and so she never really died.”
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Chapter 15
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“She is very clever, too clever for a woman. She lacks the indefinable charm of weakness. It is the feet of clay that make the gold of the image precious.”
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Chapter 18
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“You would sacrifice anybody, Harry, for the sake of an epigram.”
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Chapter 19
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“It is not in you Dorian to commit a murder. I am sorry if I hurt your vanity by saying so, but I assure you it is true. Crime belongs exclusively to the lower orders. I don’t blame them in the smallest degree. I should fancy that crime was to them what art is to us, simply a method of procuring extraordinary sensations.”
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