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The Picture of Dorian Gray Quotes

It is better to be beautiful than to be good. But on the other hand no one is more ready than I am to acknowledge that it is better to be good than to be ugly.

Source:Chapter 17
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Oscar Wilde - The Picture of Dorian Gray Quotes
  • Book: The Picture of Dorian Gray
  • Writer: Oscar Wilde
  • Genre: Classics, Fiction, Philosophy
  • Published: 1890
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