“ Women have no appreciation of good looks; at least, good women have not. ”
Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890). copy citation
Author | Oscar Wilde |
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Source | The Picture of Dorian Gray |
Topic | appreciation women |
Date | 1890 |
Language | English |
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Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/174/174-h/174-h.htm |
Context
“It was at my aunt, Lady Agatha's. She told me she had discovered a wonderful young man who was going to help her in the East End, and that his name was Dorian Gray. I am bound to state that she never told me he was good-looking. Women have no appreciation of good looks; at least, good women have not. She said that he was very earnest and had a beautiful nature. I at once pictured to myself a creature with spectacles and lank hair, horribly freckled, and tramping about on huge feet. I wish I had known it was your friend."”
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