Only the shallow know themselves.

Only the shallow know themselves. God knows; I won't be an Oxford don anyhow. I'll be a poet, a writer, a dramatist. Somehow or other I'll be famous, and if not famous, I'll be notorious. Or perhaps I'll lead the life of pleasure for a time and then—who knows?—rest and do nothing. What does Plato say is the highest end that man can attain here below? To sit down and contemplate the good. Perhaps that will be the end of me too.

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sittinglilies: The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

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The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

Posted February 22, 2012 at 7:16 pm 53 notes

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    He was, and forever will be, ahead of his time.
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    always a pleasure to read.
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    the artist is the creator of beautiful things
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    I loved this preface, because you know Oscar’s writing this after the fact, having faced so much criticism. He’s...
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    There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are either well written, or badly written. That is all.
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