It is a sad truth, but we have lost the faculty of giving lovely names…

Oscar Wilde
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It is a sad truth, but we have lost the faculty of giving lovely names to things. Names are everything. I never quarrel with actions. My one quarrel is with words. The man who could call a spade a spade should be compelled to use one. It is the only thing he is fit for. ✨ Oscar Wilde (2015). The Picture of Dorian Gray (Diversion Classics), p.212, Diversion Books
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