Портрет Доріана Грея

Chapter 1

           "Becausetoinfluenceapersonistogivehimone’sownsoul. Hedoesnotthinkhisnaturalthoughts,orburnwithhisnaturalpassions.Hisvirtuesarenotrealtohim.Hissins,iftherearesuchthingsassins,areborrowed. Hebecomesanechoofsomeoneelse’smusic,anactorofapartthathasnotbeenwrittenforhim. Theaimoflifeisself-development.Torealiseone’snatureperfectlythatiswhateachofusisherefor. Peopleareafraidofthemselves,nowadays.Theyhaveforgottenthehighestofallduties,thedutythatoneowestoone’sself. Ofcoursetheyarecharitable.Theyfeedthehungry,andclothethebeggar.Buttheirownsoulsstarve,andarenaked. Couragehasgoneoutofourrace.Perhapsweneverreallyhadit. Theterrorofsociety,whichisthebasisofmorals,theterrorofGod,whichisthesecretofreligionthesearethetwothingsthatgovernus.Andyet" 

           "Justturnyourheadalittlemoretotheright,Dorian,likeagoodboy,"saidthepainter, deepinhiswork,andconsciousonlythatalookhadcomeintothelad’sfacethathehadneverseentherebefore. 

           "Andyet,"continuedLordHenry,inhislow,musicalvoice,andwiththatgracefulwaveofthehand thatwasalwayssocharacteristicofhim,andthathehadeveninhisEtondays, "Ibelievethatifonemanweretoliveouthislifefullyandcompletely,weretogiveformtoeveryfeeling,expressiontoeverythought,realitytoeverydream Ibelievethattheworldwouldgainsuchafreshimpulseofjoythatwewouldforgetallthemaladiesofmediævalism,andreturntotheHellenicideal tosomethingfiner,richer,thantheHellenicideal,itmaybe. Butthebravestmanamongstusisafraidofhimself.Themutilationofthesavagehasitstragicsurvivalintheself-denialthatmarsourlives. Wearepunishedforourrefusals.Everyimpulsethatwestrivetostranglebroodsinthemind,andpoisonsus. Thebodysinsonce,andhasdonewithitssin,foractionisamodeofpurification. Nothingremainsthenbuttherecollectionofapleasure,ortheluxuryofaregret. Theonlywaytogetridofatemptationistoyieldtoit. 

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