“To disagree with three-fourths of the British public is one of the first requisites of sanity.”
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet
“For to disagree with three-fourths of the British public on all points is one of the first elements of sanity, one of the deepest consolations in all moments of spiritual doubt.”
The English Renaissance of Art https://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/w/wilde/oscar/english-renaissance-of-art/ (1882)
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