Quote by Oscar Wilde
The English public, as a mass, takes no interest in a work of art

The English public, as a mass, takes no interest in a work of art until it is told that the work in question is immoral. – Oscar Wilde

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Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far the best ending for one. – Oscar Wilde

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The salesman knows nothing of what he is selling save that he is charging a great deal too much for it. – Oscar Wilde

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Romance should never begin with sentiment. It should begin with science and end with a settlement. – Oscar Wilde

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The urgent consideration of the public safety may undoubtedly authorize the violation of every positive law. How far that or any other consideration may operate to dissolve the natural obligations of humanity and justice, is a doctrine of which I still desire to remain ignorant. – Edward Gibbon

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If you have got the public in the palm of your hand, you can be sure that is where they want to be. – Cliff Richard

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A universal feeling, whether well or ill founded, cannot be safely disregarded. – Abraham Lincoln

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I dont believe that the public knows what it wants; this is the conclusion that I have drawn from my career. – Charlie Chaplin

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