Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet
In a letter to Ada Leverson [Sphinx] recorded in her book Letters To The Sphinx From Oscar Wilde and Reminiscences of the Author (1930)
“The smug mask of virtue triumphant could be almost as horrible as the face of wickedness revealed.”
— Terry Pratchett, book Carpe Jugulum
Source: Carpe Jugulum
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