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The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Novel, Short Stories, Poetry, Essays and Plays

Book by Oscar Wilde · 8 quotes · Men, Art, World

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“For life is terribly deficient in form. Its catastrophes happen in the wrong way and to the wrong people. There is a grotesque horror about its comedies, and its tragedies seem to culminate in farce.”

“Each of the professions means a prejudice. The necessity for a career forces every one to take sides. We live in the age of the overworked, and the under-educated; the age in which people are so industrious that they become absolutely stupid.”