Oscar Wilde Quotes

To make a good salad is to be a brilliant diplomatist — the problem is entirely the same in both cases. To know exactly how much oil one must put with one's vinegar.

Oscar Wilde

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• To make a good salad is to be a brilliant diplomatist — the problem is entirely the same in both cases. To know exactly how much oil one must put with one's vinegar.

  

  Oscar Wilde
  • Good
  • Problem
  • Salad