Don't spoil him. Don't try to influence him. Your influence would be bad. The world is wide and has many marvellous people in it. Don't take away from me the one person who gives to my art whatever charm that possesses: my life as an artist depends on him.

“There is no such thing as a good influence, Mr. Gray. All influence is immoral …”

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“Even you are not rich enough, Sir Robert, to buy back your past. No man is”

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