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.
6 seconds sound clip from the The Picture of Dorian Gray movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:49:23.370 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- His pride and his sense of guilt prompted him to assume an air of indifference.
- Hello, Basil. Sorry to keep you. Have you had breakfast?
- I'm famished. You don't mind if I have a bite while we talk?
- You went to the opera while Sibyl Vane was lying dead in some sordid lodging?
- You call yesterday the past?
- I don't want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, enjoy them, and dominate them.
- Something has changed you completely, Dorian.
- You talk as if you had no heart, no pity in you.
[...]
Top rated lines from this movie
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)
Trail of the Pink Panther (1982) 526 Sounds / Quotes
The Hunt for Red October 940 Sounds / Quotes
Black Belt Jones (1974) 458 Sounds / Quotes
The Rescuers Down Under (1990) 478 Sounds / Quotes
DuckTales: The Movie (1990) 563 Sounds / Quotes