The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945) Quotes with Sound Clips - Page 4

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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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31 No civilized man ever regrets a pleasure and no uncivilized man ever knows what a pleasure is.

Lord Henry Wotton (George Sanders)

32 One of the great secrets of life. Most people die of a sort of creeping common sense and discover too late that the only things one never regrets are one's mistakes.

Lord Henry Wotton (George Sanders)

33 Pleasure is the only thing worth having a theory about. It's nature's sign of approval.

Lord Henry Wotton (George Sanders)

34 Punctuality is the thief of time, Harry says.
35 The only difference between a caprice and a life-long passion is the caprice lasts a little longer.

Lord Henry Wotton (George Sanders)

36 What rare things have you stored away there, Dorian? -Skeletons of inquisitive guests. -I suspected as much.

Dorian Gray (Hurd Hatfield)

37 Why was he unhappy? -Perhaps because he felt his youth slipping away from him.

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

38 Women, as a witty Frenchman put it, inspire us with the desire to do masterpieces and always prevent us from carrying them out.

Lord Henry Wotton (George Sanders)

39 You must admit that women give men the very gold of their lives. -But they invariably want it back in such small change.

Lord Henry Wotton (George Sanders)

40 You think he could be so unfaithful? -Faithfulness is merely laziness.

Basil Hallward (Lowell Gilmore)

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