Quote:(Harry towards Dorian)"H omorfia einai i anwteri morfi megalofuias! Dioti oles oi epistimes exoun tous amfisvities tous k ontws me to perasma tou xronou oles oi epistimonikes 8ewries katariptontai ws lan8asmenes apo tis neoteres anakalupseis! Mono i omorfia dn mporei na amfisviti8ei k paramenei akloniti me to perasma twn aiwnwn!"
Conclusion: Looking back on his life, Dorian sees that Harry was wrong about beauty; it is not the most important thing, and if he hadn't been carried away by his own beauty he might not have gone down the path of ruin that he did. Youth and beauty are overrated, and he wishes that he could have had a good life rather than one filled with artificial art and beauty. He acknowledges that it was due to his own vain prayer that the portrait bear the burden of age and sin, and deeply regrets having made such a wish. There is no way to undo the effects of age on a beautiful face, just as there is no way to undo the effects of sin on a soul, and Dorian now realizes that the latter is the more important.
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