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We can forgive a man for making a useful thing as long as he does not admire it. The only excuse for making a useless thing is that one admires it in… - Oscar Wilde
" "We can forgive a man for making a useful thing as long as he does not admire it. The only excuse for making a useless thing is that one admires it intensely.
All art is quite useless.
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About Oscar Wilde
Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900) was an Irish dramatist, essayist, novelist and poet.
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Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde
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Oscar O'Fflahertie Wills Wilde
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