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1  But I am afraid I cannot claim my theory as my own.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 6
2  It sounds a fascinating theory, she murmured, as she swept out of the room.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 15
3  Oh, your theories about life, your theories about love, your theories about pleasure.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
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4  "Pleasure is the only thing worth having a theory about," he answered in his slow melodious voice.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
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5  I have a theory that it is always the women who propose to us, and not we who propose to the women.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
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6  Yet, as has been said of him before, no theory of life seemed to him to be of any importance compared with life itself.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 11
7  It was to have its service of the intellect, certainly, yet it was never to accept any theory or system that would involve the sacrifice of any mode of passionate experience.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 11
8  He would not see Lord Henry any more--would not, at any rate, listen to those subtle poisonous theories that in Basil Hallward's garden had first stirred within him the passion for impossible things.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 7