I never talk during music--at least, during good music. If one hears bad music, it is one's duty to drown it in conversation.

Oscar Wilde · The Picture of Dorian Gray

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I admit that I think that it is better to be beautiful than to be good. But on the other hand, no one is more ready than I am to acknowledge that it is better to be good than to be ugly.

Oscar Wilde · The Picture of Dorian Gray

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