The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945) Quotes with Sound Clips - Page 8

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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71 Marry her? -I know what you're going to say. Something cynical about marriage. Don't say it.

Dorian Gray (Hurd Hatfield)

72 One has to pay in other ways than money. -What sort of ways, Sir Thomas? -I should fancy in remorse, in suffering, in... Well, in the consciousness of degradation.
73 This is the only good thing I have ever done.

Dorian Gray (Hurd Hatfield)

74 What do you know of evil? -I only know there is none in you.

Dorian Gray (Hurd Hatfield), Gladys Hallward (Donna Reed)

75 But adoring someone is certainly better than being adored. Being adored is a nuisance.

Lord Henry Wotton (George Sanders)

76 It seemed to him unbearable that what he had done could never be undone.
77 The soul is not an illusion. It is a terrible reality. It can be bought and sold and bartered away. It can be poisoned or made perfect.
78 Then perhaps you'll join me later at the opera. My sister's box number is 27. It's on the Grand Tier. You'll see her name on the door. I hope to see you before half past 9. I don't want you to miss de Reszke in the duet.

Lord Henry Wotton (George Sanders)

79 You've come too late. If you had come in yesterday at a particular moment about half past 5 or a quarter to 6, you would've seen how deeply I was affected.

Dorian Gray (Hurd Hatfield)

80 One day we shall be awakened with suffering and dismay to the realization that the soul is not a superstition. Nor the spirit of man, a material substance that can be viewed under a microscope.

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