Questions tagged [oscar-wilde]
Questions related to the Irish poet and playwright Oscar Wilde (1854 – 1900) and his work.
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Can someone explain what "corrupt without being charming" means?
From Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray (emphasis added):
those who find ugly meanings in beautiful things are corrupt without being charming. This is a fault. Those who find beautiful meanings ...
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