She is very clever, too clever for a woman. She lacks the indefinable …

Oscar Wilde
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She is very clever, too clever for a woman. She lacks the indefinable charm of weakness. ✨ Oscar Wilde (1997). Collected Works of Oscar Wilde: The Plays, the Poems, the Stories and the Essays Including De Profundis, p.125, Wordsworth Editions
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There is no such thing as morality or immorality in thought. There is immoral emotion. ✨ Oscar Wilde (1969). The Artist as Critic: Critical Writings of Oscar Wilde, p.437, University of Chicago Press
Down the long and silent street, The dawn, with silver-sandaled feet, Crept like a frightened girl. ✨ Oscar Wilde, The Harlot's House
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She is very clever, too clever for a woman. She lacks the indefinable charm of weakness. ✨ Oscar Wilde (1997). Collected Works of Oscar Wilde: The Plays, the Poems, the Stories and the Essays Including De Profundis, p.125, Wordsworth Editions

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