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plunkybugToday's "quote of the day" at work included:
"The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it." ~Oscar Wilde
It is interesting, how many things in the recent months have mentioned Oscar Wilde, as if they were some sort of a sign to me, that I went out and bought a book including (in order the book lists them): The Picture of Dorian Gray, Lady Windermere's Fan, Salome, An Ideal Husband, The Importance of Being Earnest, and The Ballad of reading Gaol. I admit to only having read The Importance of Being Earnest in my senior year of high school, to which I also admit I did not pay all that much attention to. Well, I don't give myself enough credit. I did do well in school, and usually paid attention, but I was in an advanced English class, one where I actually had to work for my good grades instead of breezing by like the regular classes, and it was a bit of a challenge for me to keep up sometimes. And, despite my good English skills, my worst skill in English was always reading comprehension, which still plagues me, though I am actively working to overcome it. So anyhow, I am reading Oscar Wilde now, and hoping that I "get it" and am not missing something in the words. All I can do is try. Right? Perhaps a supplemental viewing of Wilde would help me now.
"The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it." ~Oscar Wilde
It is interesting, how many things in the recent months have mentioned Oscar Wilde, as if they were some sort of a sign to me, that I went out and bought a book including (in order the book lists them): The Picture of Dorian Gray, Lady Windermere's Fan, Salome, An Ideal Husband, The Importance of Being Earnest, and The Ballad of reading Gaol. I admit to only having read The Importance of Being Earnest in my senior year of high school, to which I also admit I did not pay all that much attention to. Well, I don't give myself enough credit. I did do well in school, and usually paid attention, but I was in an advanced English class, one where I actually had to work for my good grades instead of breezing by like the regular classes, and it was a bit of a challenge for me to keep up sometimes. And, despite my good English skills, my worst skill in English was always reading comprehension, which still plagues me, though I am actively working to overcome it. So anyhow, I am reading Oscar Wilde now, and hoping that I "get it" and am not missing something in the words. All I can do is try. Right? Perhaps a supplemental viewing of Wilde would help me now.