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Oscar wilde quotes12/2/2023 ![]() It is always a silly thing to give advice, but to give good advice is absolutely fatal.For history and analysis of the quote see Common Language. We have really everything in common with America nowadays, except, of course, language.For an analysis see Fashion a Form of Ugliness The Philosophy of Dress, The New-York Tribune, 1885.And, after all, what is a fashion? From the artistic point of view, it is usually a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months."The Poets' Corner III," The Pall Mall Gazette (May 30, 1887).A simile committing suicide is always a depressing spectacle."A New Calendar," The Pall Mall Gazette (February 17, 1887).Most modern calendars mar the sweet simplicity of our lives by reminding us that each day that passes is the anniversary of some perfectly uninteresting event."The Children of the Poets," The Pall Mall Gazette (October 14, 1886). ![]()
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