... views on life. The Picture of Dorian Gray was therefore also regarded by many people as "highly immoral" and has probably earned the title "classic" years after the author's death. With rarely less than two cogent aphorisms per page, it is hard not finding myriads of subtle meanings in the ... thing that counts, he draws the conclusion that conscience and morality are the two main obstacles that keep people away from achieving these goals. That man's vices could be justified in such a shallow way was one of the main reasons the book was considered immoral by the author's contemporaries. ...

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