boldtext1

Question

The moment one sits down to think, one becomes all nose, or all forehead, or something horrid. Would you explain the bold text? Thank you

Marius Hancu · Accepted Answer

Context and link?

BW2/3 · Answer

Lord Henry stretched himself out on the divan and laughed. "Yes, I knew you would; but it is quite true, all the same." "Too much of yourself in it! Upon my word, Basil, I didn't know you were so vain; and I really can't see any resemblance between you, with your rugged strong face and your coal-black hair, and this young Adonis, who looks as if he was made out of ivory and rose-leaves. Why, my dear Basil, he is a Narcissus, and you-- well, of course you have an intellectual expression and all that. But beauty, real beauty, ends where an intellectual expression begins. Intellect is in itself a mode of exaggeration, and destroys the harmony of any face. The moment one sits down to think, one becomes all nose, or all forehead, or something horrid. Look at the successful men in any of the learned professions. How perfectly hideous they are! Except, of course, in the Church.

The Picture of Dorian Gray eBook
Oscar Wilde
http://www.bookrags.com/ebooks/174/3.html

Thank you

Marius Hancu · Answer

bold text
I think it's been already answered.

Anonymous · Answer

Thank you

boldtext1

Top answer

Get the Weekly English Kit 📬

Related Questions