dorian:

Or: dorian-lover , archaic designation for a male homosexual , after the Doric region of Greece.
See Also: dorian, Dorian love, dorian lover, Doric love, passion

Quotes Containing dorian:
Dorian Gray''s (Hurt Hatfield) answer to his friend Basil Hallward (Lowell Gilmore) who came to comfort him after Sibyl Vane''s suicide in The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945):''It is only shallow people who require years to get rid of an emotion. A man who is master of himself can end a sorrow as easily as he can invent a pleasure. I don''t want to be at the mercy of my emotions.''
Lord Henry Wotton (George Sanders) in The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945): 'Women... inspire us with the desire to do masterpieces and always prevent us from carrying them out .'
Lord Henry Wotton (George Sanders) in The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945): ''Women... inspire us with the desire to do masterpieces and always prevent us from carrying them out .''
Lord Henry Wotton (George Sanders) in The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945): 'Women... inspire us with the desire to do masterpieces and always prevent us from carrying them out .'
Lord Henry Wotton (George Sanders) in The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945): 'Being adored is a nuisance. You will discover that women treat us just as humanity treats its gods; they worship us and keep bothering us to do something for them.'
Lord Henry Wotton (George Sanders) in The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945): ''Always! That''s a dreadful word. Women are so fond-of using it , they spoil every romance by trying to make-it last forever. The only difference between a caprice and a lifetime passion is that the caprice lasts a little longer.''
Lord Henry Wotton (George Sanders) in The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945):'Always! That's a dreadful word. Women are so fond-of using it , they spoil every romance by trying to make-it last forever. The only difference between a caprice and a lifetime passion is that the caprice lasts a little longer.'
Lord Henry Wotton (George Sanders) in The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945): ''Always! That''s a dreadful word. Women are so fond-of using it , they spoil every romance by trying to make-it last forever. The only difference between a caprice and a lifetime passion is that the caprice lasts a little longer.''

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