Never met such a Gorgon . . . I don't really know what a Gorgon is lik…

Oscar Wilde
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Never met such a Gorgon . . . I don't really know what a Gorgon is like, but I am quite sure that Lady Bracknell is one. In any case, she is a monster, without being a myth, which is rather unfair. ✨ Oscar Wilde (2014). The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays, p.26, Simon and Schuster
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Never met such a Gorgon . . . I don't really know what a Gorgon is like, but I am quite sure that Lady Bracknell is one. In any case, she is a monster, without being a myth, which is rather unfair. ✨ Oscar Wilde (2014). The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays, p.26, Simon and Schuster

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