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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No man dies for what he knows to be true. Men die for what they want to be true, for what some terror in their hearts tells them is not true. – Oscar Wilde

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No woman should ever be quite accurate about her age. It looks so calculating. – Oscar Wilde

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There is not a more mean, stupid, dastardly, pitiless, selfish, spiteful, envious, ungrateful animal than the Public. It is the greatest of cowards, for it is afraid of itself. – William Hazlitt

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The public seldom forgive twice. – Johann Kaspar Lavater

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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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