A cigarette is the perfect type of a perfect pleasure. It is… — Oscar Wilde · Skopia

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A cigarette is the perfect type of a perfect pleasure. It is exquisite, and it leaves one unsatisfied.

The Picture of Dorian Gray · 1890

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Wilde, Oscar. The Picture of Dorian Gray, edited by Robert Mighall. Penguin Classics, 2003, ch. 6.

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Wilde, Oscar. "The Picture of Dorian Gray." Lippincott's Monthly Magazine. Philadelphia, July 1890, ch. 4.

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