The tragedy of old age is not that one is old, but that one is young.
Lord Henry Wotton — in Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray
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- The Picture of Dorian Gray, chapter XIX; Exact wording and attribution checked. Spoken by Lord Henry Wotton, a fictional character, in The Picture of Dorian Gray, chapter XIX.
- The Picture of Dorian Gray, chapter XIX
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