“ There is something in what you say, but there is not everything in what you say. In many points you are unjust. ”
Oscar Wilde, Intentions (1891). copy citation
| Author | Oscar Wilde |
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| Source | Intentions |
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| Date | 1891 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/887/887-h/887-h.htm |
Context
“Had he been articulate, he might have sat beside him. The only man who can touch the hem of his garment is George Meredith. Meredith is a prose Browning, and so is Browning. He used poetry as a medium for writing in prose.
Ernest. There is something in what you say, but there is not everything in what you say. In many points you are unjust. Gilbert. It is difficult not to be unjust to what one loves. But let us return to the particular point at issue. What was it that you said?
Ernest. Simply this: that in the best days of art there were no art-critics.
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Ernest. There is something in what you say, but there is not everything in what you say. In many points you are unjust. Gilbert. It is difficult not to be unjust to what one loves. But let us return to the particular point at issue. What was it that you said?
Ernest. Simply this: that in the best days of art there were no art-critics.
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