The Life, the Universe, and Everything
I do not approve of anything that tampers with natural ignorance. Ignorance is like a delicate exotic fruit; touch it and the bloom is gone. The whole theory of modern education is radically unsound. Fortunately in England, at any rate, education produces no effect whatsoever. If it did, it would prove a serous danger to [...]
Do you know I am afraid that good people do a great deal of harm in this world. Certainly the greatest harm they do is that they make badness of such extraordinary importance. It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious. I take the side of the [...]
- If there was less sympathy in the world there would be less trouble in the world.
- That is a paradox, sir. I hate paradoxes.
- So do I, father. Everybody one meets is a paradox nowadays. It is a great bore. It makes society so obvious.
- Do you always really understand what you say, sir?
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Oh, nowadays so many conceited people go about Society pretending to be good, that I think it shows rather a sweet and modest disposition to pretend to be bad. Besides, there is this to be said. If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend to be bad, it [...]
Women have a wonderful instinct about things. They can discover everything except the obvious. (Oscar Wilde)
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