[The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde]@TWC D-Link bookThe Picture of Dorian Gray CHAPTER 17 7/16
When they make up their ledger, they balance stupidity by wealth, and vice by hypocrisy." "Still, we have done great things." "Great things have been thrust on us, Gladys." "We have carried their burden." "Only as far as the Stock Exchange." She shook her head.
"I believe in the race," she cried. "It represents the survival of the pushing." "It has development." "Decay fascinates me more." "What of art ?" she asked. "It is a malady." "Love ?" "An illusion." "Religion ?" "The fashionable substitute for belief." "You are a sceptic." "Never! Scepticism is the beginning of faith." "What are you ?" "To define is to limit." "Give me a clue." "Threads snap.
You would lose your way in the labyrinth." "You bewilder me.
Let us talk of some one else." "Our host is a delightful topic.
Years ago he was christened Prince Charming." "Ah! don't remind me of that," cried Dorian Gray. "Our host is rather horrid this evening," answered the duchess, colouring.
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