The rich would have spoken on the value of thrift and the idle grown eloquent over the dignity of labour.
("The Picture of Dorian Gray")
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There is much to be said in favor of modern journalism. By giving us the opinions of the uneducated, it keeps us in touch with the ignorance of the community. By carefully chronicling the current events of contemporary life, it shows us of what very little importance such events really are. By invariably discussing the unnecessary, it makes us understand what things are requisite for culture, and what are not.Oscar Wilde
Those who read the symbol do so at their peril.
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On refusing to make alterations to one of his plays Who am I to tamper with a masterpiece
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It is quite true that I have worshipped you with far more romance of feeling than a man usually gives to a friend. Somehow, I had never loved a woman. I suppose I never had time. Perhaps, as Harry says, a really grande passion is the privilege of those who have nothing to do, and that is the use of the idle classes in a country
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Anybody can be good in the country. There are no temptations there.
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