Oscar Wilde Quotes

He is really not so ugly after all, provided, of course, that one shuts one's eyes, and does not look at him.

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• He is really not so ugly after all, provided, of course, that one shuts one's eyes, and does not look at him.

  

  Oscar Wilde
  • Eyes
  • Ugly
  • Really