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Quotation from The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

“It had been like conscience to him. Yes, it had been conscience. He would destroy it.”

Oscar Wilde (spoken by Narrator)

The Picture of Dorian Gray, Chapter XX (Project Gutenberg #174 (1891 text))

Portrait of Oscar Wilde

Dorian's last decision, just before he takes up the knife and stabs the picture.

Citation: "It had been like conscience to him. Yes, it had been conscience. He would destroy it." — Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Chapter XX (Project Gutenberg #174 (1891 text)). (id the-picture-of-dorian-gray-q8)

Portrait: Oscar Wilde by Napoleon Sarony. Three-quarter-length photograph, seated, Napoleon Sarony / Adam Cuerden, Public domain.

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