Oscar Wilde about stupidity (“Lady Windermere's Fan”, 1893) - If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend to be bad, it doesn’t. Such is the astounding stupidity of optimism.
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“ If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend to be bad, it doesn’t. Such is the astounding stupidity of optimism. ”
 Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere's Fan (1893). copy citation

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Oscar Wilde about stupidity (“Lady Windermere's Fan”, 1893) - If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend to be bad, it doesn’t. Such is the astounding stupidity of optimism.
Oscar Wilde about stupidity (“Lady Windermere's Fan”, 1893) - If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend to be bad, it doesn’t. Such is the astounding stupidity of optimism.