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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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Im sure I dont know half the people who come to my house. Indeed, from all I hear, I shouldnt like to. – Oscar Wilde

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The public, with its mob yearning to be instructed, edified and pulled by the nose, demands certainties; it must be told definitely and a bit raucously that this is true and that is false. But there are no certainties. – H. L. Mencken

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

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Deeply earnest and thoughtful people stand on shaky footing with the public. – Johann von Goethe

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The public seldom forgive twice. – Johann Kaspar Lavater

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