“ Life’s aim, if it has one, is simply to be always looking for temptations. ”
Oscar Wilde, A Woman of No Importance (1893). copy citation
| Author | Oscar Wilde |
|---|---|
| Source | A Woman of No Importance |
| Topic | temptation aim |
| Date | 1893 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | https://www.gutenberg.org/files/854/854-h/854-h.htm |
Context
“The secret of life is to appreciate the pleasure of being terribly, terribly deceived.
Kelvil. The secret of life is to resist temptation, Lady Stutfield.
Lord Illingworth. There is no secret of life. Life’s aim, if it has one, is simply to be always looking for temptations. There are not nearly enough. I sometimes pass a whole day without coming across a single one. It is quite dreadful. It makes one so nervous about the future.
Lady Hunstanton. [Shakes her fan at him.]”
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