You shut out from your society the gentle and the good. You laugh at the simple and the pure. Living, as you all do, on others and by them, you sneer at self-sacrifice, and if you throw bread to the poor, it is merely to keep them quiet for a season.

“People are afraid of themselves, nowadays. They have forgotten the highest of a…”

“I dislike arguments of any kind. They are always vulgar and often convincing.”

“¡Qué triste es! -murmuraba Dorian con los ojos fijos todavía en su retrato-. ¡Q…”

“He was a man of most subtle and refined intellect. A man of culture, charm, and…”