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A review by ameliajang
Only Dull People Are Brilliant at Breakfast by Oscar Wilde
4.0
A book of quotes, indeed, turns out to be quotable.
Some great ('It often happens that the real tragedies of life occur in such an inarticulate manner that they hurt one by their crude violence, their absolute incoherence, their absurd want of meaning, their entire lack of style;), some funny ('Murder is always a mistake. One should never do anything that one cannot talk about after dinner.'), and some questionable ('It’s most dangerous nowadays for a husband to pay attention to his wife in public. It always makes people think he beats her when they are alone.').
There are some real gold nuggets here if you are willing to look past the odd views on women (it seems there is very little written by men that misogyny has not touched:(... 'The only way a woman can ever reform a man is by boring him so completely that he loses all possible interest in life.' like???) and marriage.
Some great ('It often happens that the real tragedies of life occur in such an inarticulate manner that they hurt one by their crude violence, their absolute incoherence, their absurd want of meaning, their entire lack of style;), some funny ('Murder is always a mistake. One should never do anything that one cannot talk about after dinner.'), and some questionable ('It’s most dangerous nowadays for a husband to pay attention to his wife in public. It always makes people think he beats her when they are alone.').
There are some real gold nuggets here if you are willing to look past the odd views on women (it seems there is very little written by men that misogyny has not touched:(... 'The only way a woman can ever reform a man is by boring him so completely that he loses all possible interest in life.' like???) and marriage.