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A wise friend warned me that your innocence upon which I would have staked my life would fail to meet the test I set before you.

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

You can hear this line at 00:38:08.680 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- What a strange poem. Who wrote it?

- A brilliant young Irishman out of Oxford. His name is Oscar Wilde.

- Why do you look at me so strangely?

- What would you do, Sibyl, if I should say to you... don't leave me now, don't go home? What would you do, Sibyl?

- I suppose I should have expected a conventional reaction. Good night, then.

- Good night.

- You don't mind letting yourself out, do you? I can't bear sad farewells.

- A wise friend warned me that your innocence upon which I would have staked my life would fail to meet the test I set before you.

- I called his wisdom cynicism, but now I know better.

- You have killed my love. You have been false, not to me but to the ideal I had formed of you.

- You used to stir my imagination. Now you are nothing to me. I will never see you again. I will never mention your name. I will never think of you.

- Henceforth, I shall live only for pleasure. Everything else is meaningless.

- And if this leads me to the destruction of my soul, then it is only you who are responsible.

[...]

The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945) Sound Clip

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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