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Oscar Wilde: The aim of...

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The aim of the liar is simply to charm, to delight, to give pleasure. He is the very basis of civilized society.

Source: In Webster's Electronic Quotebase, ed. Keith Mohler, 1994.
-- Oscar Wilde, (Oct 16 1856-1900), Anglo-Irish playwright, novelist; He was noted for his flamboyant witty, sophisticated plays, e.g., The Importance of Being Ernest, 1895.


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