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The picture had not changed. He was mad to think so. A painted canvas could not alter.

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

You can hear this line at 00:42:37.365 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

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- Yes, there is nothing in the whole world I would not give. I would give my soul for that.

- But, surely, his wish had not been fulfilled. Such things were impossible. It was monstrous even to think of it.

- What if someone else observed the horrible change, his valet, perhaps?

- What if Basil Hallward came and asked to look at his own picture?

- But he was being ridiculous. This was a mere hallucination. An illusion brought on by his troubled senses.

- The picture had not changed. He was mad to think so. A painted canvas could not alter.

- He would look at it again after he had slept, when he was calmer, and he would laugh at this fantastic idea.

- But in the afternoon when he returned to examine the portrait again, fantastic as the idea was, his memory of that cruel look was disturbingly vivid.

- It was true. The expression had altered. There was no doubt of it. It was incredible, and yet it was a fact.

- Was this portrait to become for him the emblem of his own conscience? Would it teach him to loathe his own soul?

- But if this painting was to be his conscience made visible, then he would let it instruct him. He would give it no reason to reproach him. He would live purely and nobly.

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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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