Was insincerity such a terrible thing? Dorian thought not. It was merely a method by which we could multiply our personalities.

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You can hear this line at 00:57:39.575 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

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- He could not endure to be long out of England or to be separated from the picture, it was such a part of his life. He was afraid that during his absence someone might gain access to the room where it was hidden.

- Then, suddenly, some night he would go down to dreadful places near Bluegate Fields, and stay there, day after day.

- When he had recovered from these visits to the abyss, he would stand in front of the picture, sometimes loathing it and himself, but filled at other times with that pride of individualism that is half the fascination of evil.

- He would examine with minute care the hideous lines that scarred the wrinkling forehead or crawled around the heavy sensual mouth, wondering which were more horrible: the signs of sin or the signs of age.

- He found reasons to justify his actions. He told himself that man was a being with myriad lives and myriad sensations. To live a simple, sincere, honest life was hardly to live at all.

- Was insincerity such a terrible thing? Dorian thought not. It was merely a method by which we could multiply our personalities.

- Yet, there was one person towards whom he found it difficult to be insincere. It was Basil Hallward's niece, Gladys, who had loved him since she was a child.

- Goodbye, little yellow bird, I'd rather brave the cold on a leafless tree than a prisoner be in a cage of gold

- I was close by and came in for a moment. I found this old song in your piano bench. It's charming. So is the face that my uncle sketched on it.

- He did do it, didn't he? I know his style so well.

- Did she sing this song? Who is she? Do tell me about her.

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The world is yours for a season. It would be tragic if you realized too late as so many others do that there is only one thing in the world worth having, and that is youth.

Time is jealous of you, Mr. Gray. Don't squander the gold of your days. Live. Let nothing be lost upon you. Be afraid of nothing. There is such a little time that your youth will last and you can never get it back.

If only the picture could change, and I could be always what I am now. For that I would give everything. Yes, there's nothing in the whole world I would not give. I would give my soul for that.

As I grow old, this picture will remain always young. If it were only the other way. If it were I who was always to be young and the picture that was to grow old.

What did the music mean to you? -I don't know. It is full of emotion. But it's not happy. -No, it's not happy.

The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945) Sound Clip

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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