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Lady Windermere's Fan Quotes

If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend to be bad, it doesn't. Such is the astounding stupidity of optimism. - Oscar Wilde (Lady Windermere's Fan Book Quotes)

If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend to be bad, it doesn’t. Such is the astounding stupidity of optimism.

Source:(ed. Eyre Methuen, 1964), Act I, Page 3
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Oscar Wilde (Lady Windermere's Fan Quotes)
  • Book: Lady Windermere's Fan
  • Writer: Oscar Wilde
  • Genre: Plays, Drama, Comedy
  • Published: 1892
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