The Picture of Dorian Gray

Oscar Wilde, 1891
Penguin Popular Classics, 1994, 42

p 30

It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances. The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.

p 44

'Is she pretty?'
'She behaves as if she was beautiful. Most American women do. It is the secret of their charm.'

p 58

Men marry because they are tired, women because they are curious. Both are disappointed.

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