“If I am occasionally a little over-dressed, I make up for it by being always immensely over-educated.”

— Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest

Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young (1894)
Variant: The only way to atone for being occasionally a little over-dressed is by being always absolutely over-educated
Source: The Importance of Being Earnest
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