“ Men who every day do something of the same kind themselves. Men who, each one of them, have worse secrets in their own lives. ”
Oscar Wilde, An Ideal Husband (1895). copy citation
| Author | Oscar Wilde |
|---|---|
| Source | An Ideal Husband |
| Topic | life secret |
| Date | 1895 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/885/885-h/885-h.htm |
Context
“Do you think she would have married me if she had known that the origin of my fortune is such as it is, the basis of my career such as it is, and that I had done a thing that I suppose most men would call shameful and dishonourable?
lord goring. [Slowly.] Yes; most men would call it ugly names. There is no doubt of that.
sir robert chiltern. [Bitterly.] Men who every day do something of the same kind themselves. Men who, each one of them, have worse secrets in their own lives.
lord goring. That is the reason they are so pleased to find out other people’s secrets. It distracts public attention from their own.
sir robert chiltern. And, after all, whom did I wrong by what I did?”
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