“ Nothing should be out of the reach of hope. Life is a hope. ”
Oscar Wilde, A Woman of No Importance (1893). copy citation
| Author | Oscar Wilde |
|---|---|
| Source | A Woman of No Importance |
| Topic | hope life |
| Date | 1893 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | https://www.gutenberg.org/files/854/854-h/854-h.htm |
Context
“You have not congratulated me yet, Miss Worsley.
Hester. Are you very pleased about it?
Gerald. Of course I am. It means everything to me—things that were out of the reach of hope before may be within hope’s reach now.
Hester. Nothing should be out of the reach of hope. Life is a hope.
Lady Hunstanton. I fancy, Caroline, that Diplomacy is what Lord Illingworth is aiming at. I heard that he was offered Vienna. But that may not be true.
Lady Caroline. I don’t think that England should be represented abroad by an unmarried man, Jane.”
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