To be popular one must be a mediocrity. Not with Women, said the duche…

Oscar Wilde
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To be popular one must be a mediocrity. Not with Women, said the duchess, shaking her head; and women rule the world. I assure you we can't bear mediocrities. We women, as someone says, love with our ears, just as you men love with your eyes, if you ever love at all. It seems to me that we never do anything else, murmered Dorian. ✨ Oscar Wilde (2007). The Collected Works of Oscar Wilde, p.136, Wordsworth Editions
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