A Woman of No Importance by Oscar Wilde
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Patagonia. Savages seem to have quite the same views as cultured
people on almost all subjects. They are excessively advanced. LADY HUNSTANTON. What do they do? MRS. ALLONBY. Apparently everything. LADY HUNSTANTON. Well, it is very gratifying, dear Archdeacon, is it not, to find that Human Nature is permanently one. - On the whole, the world is the same world, is it not? LORD ILLINGWORTH. The world is simply divided into two classes - those who believe the incredible, like the public - and those who do the improbable - MRS. ALLONBY. Like yourself? LORD ILLINGWORTH. Yes; I am always astonishing myself. It is the only thing that makes life worth living. LADY STUTFIELD. And what have you been doing lately that astonishes you? LORD ILLINGWORTH. I have been discovering all kinds of beautiful qualities in my own nature. MRS. ALLONBY. Ah! don't become quite perfect all at once. Do it gradually! LORD ILLINGWORTH. I don't intend to grow perfect at all. At |
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