Quotes from the book The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Some things are more precious because they don't last long.
—Oscar Wilde in The Picture of Dorian Gray
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About Oscar Wilde
Oscar Fingal O'Fflahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900) was an Irish poet and playwright. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of the most popular playwrights in London in the early 1890s. He is best remembered for his epigrams and plays, his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, and his criminal conviction for gross indecency for homosexual acts.