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Always Is a Dreadful Word

Last Modified on August 13, 2021

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Always! That is a dreadful word. It makes me shudder when I hear it. Women are so fond of using it. They spoil every romance by trying to make it last for ever. It is a meaningless word, too. The only difference between a caprice and a lifelong passion is that the caprice lasts a little longer.

Lord Henry Wotton, in Chapter Two, The Picture of Dorian Gray, by Oscar Wilde