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Oscar Wilde

“It is a sad truth, but we have lost the faculty of giving lovely names to things. Names are everything. I never quarrel with actions. My one quarrel is with words. That is the reason why I hate vulgar realism in literature. The man who could call a spade a spade should be compelled to use one. It is the only thing he is fit for.”

Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
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The Picture of Dorian Gray The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
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