There is no good talking to him, said a Dragon-fly, who was sitting on the top of a large brown bulrush; no good at all, for he has gone away. Well, that is his loss, not mine, answered the Rocket. I am not going to stop talking to him merely because he pays no attention. I like hearing myself talk. It is one of my greatest pleasures. I often have long conversations all by myself, and I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying. Then you should definitely lecture on Philosophy, said the Dragon-fly. ✨ Oscar Wilde, Isobel Murray (1998). Complete Shorter Fiction, p.134, Oxford University Press, USA
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