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Quotation from The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
“what does it profit a man if he gain the whole world and lose—how does the quotation run?—his own soul”
The Picture of Dorian Gray, Chapter XIX (Project Gutenberg #174 (1891 text))
Lord Henry lightly recalls a street preacher's text from the Gospel, not knowing how exactly it fits the friend in front of him.
Citation: "what does it profit a man if he gain the whole world and lose—how does the quotation run?—his own soul" — Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Chapter XIX (Project Gutenberg #174 (1891 text)). (id the-picture-of-dorian-gray-q7)
Portrait: Oscar Wilde by Napoleon Sarony. Three-quarter-length photograph, seated, Napoleon Sarony / Adam Cuerden, Public domain.
