“ Nowadays people seem to look on life as a speculation. It is not a speculation. It is a sacrament. Its ideal is Love. Its purification is sacrifice. ”
Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere's Fan (1893). copy citation
| Author | Oscar Wilde |
|---|---|
| Source | Lady Windermere's Fan |
| Topic | speculation sacrifice |
| Date | 1893 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/790/790-h/790-h.htm |
Context
“[Leaning back on the sofa.] You look on me as being behind the age.—Well, I am! I should be sorry to be on the same level as an age like this.
Lord Darlington. You think the age very bad?
Lady Windermere. Yes. Nowadays people seem to look on life as a speculation. It is not a speculation. It is a sacrament. Its ideal is Love. Its purification is sacrifice. Lord Darlington. [Smiling.] Oh, anything is better than being sacrificed!
Lady Windermere. [Leaning forward.] Don’t say that.
Lord Darlington. I do say it. I feel it—I know it.
[Enter Parker C.]
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Lord Darlington. You think the age very bad?
Lady Windermere. Yes. Nowadays people seem to look on life as a speculation. It is not a speculation. It is a sacrament. Its ideal is Love. Its purification is sacrifice. Lord Darlington. [Smiling.] Oh, anything is better than being sacrificed!
Lady Windermere. [Leaning forward.] Don’t say that.
Lord Darlington. I do say it. I feel it—I know it.
[Enter Parker C.]
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