To be popular one must be a mediocrity."" Not with Women, " said the duchess, shaking her head; "and women rule the world. I assure you we can't bear mediocrities. We women, as someone says, love with our ears, just as you men love with your eyes, if you ever love at all."" It seems to me that we never do anything else, " murmered Dorian. Oscar Wilde
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The quote, “To be popular one must be a mediocrity” has been attributed to a number of people. The most well known is probably Oscar Wilde, who said the line in 1891. In the play The Importance of Being Earnest, Wilde wrote: “But to be popular one must be a mediocrity. Not with women, but with men.

I assure you we can't bear mediocrities. We women, as someone says, love with our ears, just as you men love with your eyes, if you ever love at all.” (Wilde and Wilde and The Importance of Being Earnest)

Source: The Picture Of Dorian Gray

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