The Portrait of Mr. W. H.: Quotes

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• "It is always a silly thing to give advice, but to give good advice is absolutely fatal."

  Erskine · Read in context

• "All charming people, I fancy, are spoiled. It is the secret of their attraction."

  Erskine · Read in context

• "The only apostle who did not deserve proof was St. Thomas, and St. Thomas was the only apostle who got it."

  Cyril Graham · Read in context

• "To die for one's theological beliefs is the worst use a man can make of his life, but to die for a literary theory!"

  The narrator · Read in context

• "Perhaps, by finding perfect expression for a passion, I had exhausted the passion itself."

  The narrator · Read in context