There is no such thing as a good influence. Because to influ... - Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

"There is no such thing as a good influence. Because to influence a person is to give him one's own soul. He does not think his natural thoughts, or burn with his natural passions. His virtures are not real to him. His sins, if there are such thing as sins, are borrowed. He becomes an echo of someone else's music, an actor of a part that has not been written for him."

Tags

#soul #Influence

Share this quote

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

More quotes by Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

"What fire does not destroy, it hardens"
— Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray Read More
"There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about."
— Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray Read More
"Oh, brothers! I don't care for brothers. My elder brother won't die, and my younger brothers seem never to do anything else."
— Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray Read More
"The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it."
— Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray Read More
"I am too fond of reading books to care to write them."
— Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray Read More