Wilde, verified
"Now, whatever is useful cannot be an anachronism."
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Every quote →"Every right article of apparel belongs equally to both sexes, and there is absolutely no such thing as a definitely feminine garment."
"The word practical is nearly always the last refuge of the uncivilised."
"The gamin in the gutter may be a necessity, but the gamin in discussion is a nuisance."
"My young man is consequently apparelled with ideas, while Mr. Huyshe's young man is stiffened with facts; the latter teaches one nothing; from the former one learns everything."
"There is a divine economy about beauty; it gives us just what is needful and no more, whereas ugliness is always extravagant"