Quote wisely, not blindly from '100 Best Quotes' on Google.
"The only difference between the saint and the sinner is that every saint has a past and every sinner has a future" is from Act 3 of Oscar Wilde's play 'A Woman of No Importance'.
Its meaning is entirely different.
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"The only difference between the saint and the sinner is that every saint has a past and every sinner has a future" is from Act 3 of Oscar Wilde's play 'A Woman of No Importance'.
Its meaning is entirely different.
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Oscar Wilde meant exactly the opposite of what he penned; he would be hooting, laughing and rolling in his grave that he has been quoted so severely out of context by the Learned.
In the play, the line is spoken by an amoral and dishonorable Lord Illingworth.
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In the play, the line is spoken by an amoral and dishonorable Lord Illingworth.
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What Oscar Wilde / Lord Illingworth meant is that saints are fools for having given up lives centered on illicit sensual pleasure, while sinners can look forward to such pleasure.
May I recommend 'A Woman of No Importance' as summer vacation reading?
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May I recommend 'A Woman of No Importance' as summer vacation reading?
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English, we were taught, is a language of understatement. One has to read between words and read the entire context in which those words feature. Unfortunately, the Learned indulge in overstatement.
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