More from Oscar Wilde
We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.
Lady Windermere’s Fan (1892), Act III
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I really don’t see anything romantic in proposing. It is very romantic to be in love. But there is nothing romantic about a definite proposal. Why, one may be accepted. One usually is, I believe. Then the excitement is all over. The very essence of romance is uncertainty.
The Importance of Being Earnest (1895), First Act, spoken by Algernon
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We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.