האם Oscar Wilde באמת אמר «There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about»?

האם Oscar Wilde באמת אמר «There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about»?

נמצא מילה במילה. כן. הטקסט מופיע ביצירות המיוחסות לOscar Wilde. המקור והמיקום למטה.

… chaps you painters are! You do anything in the world to gain a reputation. As soon as you have one, you seem to want to throw it away. It is silly of you, for there is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about. A portrait like this would set you far above all the young men in England, and make the old men quite jealous, if old men are ever capable of any emotion."
The Picture of Dorian Gray — Oscar Wilde, CHAPTER 1 · ¶20 · Public domain (US), Project Gutenberg #174 · מקור

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