I adore simple pleasures. They're the last refuge of the complex.

— Lord Henry Wotton (George Sanders)

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3 seconds sound clip from the The Picture of Dorian Gray movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:12:28.232 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

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- As I grow old, this picture will remain always young. If it were only the other way. If it were I who was always to be young and the picture that was to grow old.

- You would hardly care for such an arrangement, Basil. It would be hard lines on your work.

- I should object strongly.

- You oughtn't to express such a wish in the presence of that cat, Dorian. It's one of the 73 great gods of Egypt and is quite capable of granting your wish.

- Lord Henry is right. I know now that when one loses one's youth, one loses everything.

- Perhaps a cup of tea will bring you around. You'll have some, too, won't you, Harry? Or do you object to such simple pleasures?

- I adore simple pleasures. They're the last refuge of the complex.

- It's more than a painting. It's part of myself.

- As soon as you're varnished and framed, Dorian, you will be sent home. Then you can do whatever you like with yourself.

- You better send along the Egyptian cat. I don't think the god and the picture shouldn't be separated.

- I will, if Dorian wants it.

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