“Ignorance is like a delicate exotic fruit; touch it and the bloom is gone.”

— Oscar Wilde

Lady Bracknell, Act I.
The Importance of Being Earnest (1895)
Source: The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays
Context: I do not approve of anything that tampers with natural ignorance. Ignorance is like a delicate exotic fruit; touch it and the bloom is gone.

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Irish writer and poet 1854–1900

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