Oscar Wilde quote about intelligence from The Picture of Dorian Gray - It is only the intellectually lost who ever argue.
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It is only the intellectually lost who ever argue.
 Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890). copy citation

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“We have lost the abstract sense of beauty. Some day I will show the world what it is; and for that reason the world shall never see my portrait of Dorian Gray."
"I think you are wrong, Basil, but I won't argue with you. It is only the intellectually lost who ever argue. Tell me, is Dorian Gray very fond of you?"
The painter considered for a few moments. "He likes me," he answered after a pause; "I know he likes me. Of course I flatter him dreadfully. I find a strange pleasure in saying things to him that I know I shall be sorry for having said.” source

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