Oscar Wilde

"We have really everything in common with America nowadays, except, of course, language."

— Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) The Canterville Ghost, chapter 1, The Court and Society Review, February 23, 1887

 

Image: [Columbia and Britannia are probably at Marianne's sipping tea.] "They Can't Fight" by Frederick Burr Opper for the cover of Puck (January 15, 1896)

 

This North Eastern Life: Quote of the Day for 2016-02-12

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