To get back my youth I would do anything in the world, except take exercise, get up early, or be respectable.
Oscar Wilde · The Picture of Dorian Gray
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“To get back my youth I would do anything in the world, except…”
- Author
- Oscar Wilde
- Work
- The Picture of Dorian Gray
- Year
- 1890
- Chapter / part
- Chapter XIX
- Length
- 21 words
- Source
- Project Gutenberg eBook #174
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