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Jeg velger mine venner etter deres utseende, mine bekjente etter deres karakter og mine fiender etter deres forstand. Man kan aldri være forsiktig nok i valget av sine fiender.
Oscar Wilde
Kilde
The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890), kap. 1.
Engelsk
I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and my enemies for their good intellects. A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies.
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I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and my enemies for their good intellects. A man cannot be too careful in his choice of enemies. I have not got one who is a fool. They are all men of some intellectual power, and consequently they all appreciate me. Is that very vain of me? I think that it is rather vain.