It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution.

The Picture of Dorian Gray

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Original Citation

Wilde, Oscar. "The Picture of Dorian Gray." Lippincott's Monthly Magazine. Philadelphia, July 1890, ch. 6.

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Current Citation

Wilde, Oscar. The Picture of Dorian Gray, edited by Robert Mighall. Penguin Classics, 2003, ch. 8.

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A quote by Oscar Wilde about confession: “It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution.”

A quote by Oscar Wilde about confession: “It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution.”

A quote by Oscar Wilde about confession: “It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution.”