The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945) Quotes with Sound Clips - Page 2

The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945) Poster

Memorable quotes from The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945 film, based on Oscar Wilde's novel), with sound clips in WAV and MP3 formats.

Actors: George Sanders (Lord Henry Wotton), Hurd Hatfield (Dorian Gray), Lowell Gilmore (Basil Hallward), Angela Lansbury (Sibyl Vane), Donna Reed (Gladys Hallward)

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11 You should look upon this tragedy as an episode in the wonderful spectacle of life.

Lord Henry Wotton (George Sanders)

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

Lord Henry Wotton (George Sanders)

13 I always choose my friends for their good looks and my enemies for their good intellects. A man cannot be too careful in his choice of enemies.

Lord Henry Wotton (George Sanders)

14 I don't want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, enjoy them, and dominate them.

Dorian Gray (Hurd Hatfield)

15 I sent my soul through the invisible, some letter of that after-life to spell. And by and by my soul returned to me, and answered, I myself am heaven and hell.

Dorian Gray (Hurd Hatfield)

16 I shall always remember this room, just as it is now. The lamplight, you at the piano, my own happiness.

Sibyl Vane (Angela Lansbury)

17 It's only shallow people who require years to get rid of an emotion. A man who is master of himself can end a sorrow as easily as he can invent a pleasure.

Dorian Gray (Hurd Hatfield)

18 It's that cat. I thought I saw its eyes move. -Perhaps you did. Lord Henry says it's one of the 73 great gods of Egypt.

Sibyl Vane (Angela Lansbury), Dorian Gray (Hurd Hatfield)

19 Was insincerity such a terrible thing? Dorian thought not. It was merely a method by which we could multiply our personalities.

Lord Henry Wotton (George Sanders)

20 What did the music mean to you? -I don't know. It is full of emotion. But it's not happy. -No, it's not happy.

Sibyl Vane (Angela Lansbury), Dorian Gray (Hurd Hatfield)

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