Quotes from "The Picture of Dorian Gray"

The tragedy of old age is not that one is old, but that one is young.

Oscar Wilde | The Picture of Dorian Gray | 1891

age

To get back my youth I would do anything in the world, except take exercise, get up early, or be respectable.

Oscar Wilde | The Picture of Dorian Gray | 1891

age

The difference between journalism and literature is that journalism is unreadable and literature is not read.

Oscar Wilde | The Picture of Dorian Gray | 1891

literature

Those who are faithful know only the trivial side of love; it is the faithless who know love's tragedies.

Oscar Wilde | The Picture of Dorian Gray | 1891

love

Religion is a fashionable substitute for Belief.

Oscar Wilde | The Picture of Dorian Gray | 1891

faith religion