Beauty versus Genius
“Beauty is a form of genius– is higher, indeed, than genius, as it needs no explanation. It is one of the great facts of the world, like sunlight, or spring-time, or the reflection in dark waters of that silver shell we call the moon. It cannot be questioned. It has it’s divine right of sovereignty . . . People say sometimes that beauty is only superficial. That may be so, but at least it is not so superficial as thought is. To me beauty is the wonder of wonders, it is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances. The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.” – Oscar Wilde
This is an excerpt from The Picture of Dorian Gray. I found it to be thought provoking and would love to hear your thoughts.
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Oscar Wilde is a genius and a beauty. Much like yourself Seanboy.