She is very clever, too clever for a woman. She lacks the indefinable charm of weakness. It is the feet of clay that make the gold of the image precious. Her feet are very pretty, but they are not feet of clay. White porcelain feet, if you like. They have been through the fire, and what fire does not destroy, it hardens. She has had experiences. Oscar Wilde
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She is very clever, too clever for a woman. She lacks the indefinable charm of weakness. It is the feet of clay that make the gold of the image precious. Her feet are very pretty, but they are not feet of clay.

White porcelain feet, if you like. They have been through the fire, and what fire does not destroy, it hardens. She has had experiences that have left her with a certain knowledge of what life means-a knowledge that women in general do not possess.

To this end I am tempted to class her as a woman who has lived, rather than a woman who has merely learned.

Source: The Picture Of Dorian Gray

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