Oscar Wilde. The Picture Of Dorian Gray (№ 823)

Try to Express some idea of a typical Englishman, - and this is a big negligence! - so he won't understand, true this idea is right or wrong. He is only interested in one thing: are you convinced himself that say. Meanwhile, an important idea, regardless of whether genuinely believes in her man who expresses it. The idea, perhaps, is the more independent value than the less believe in it the one from whom it comes, because it then does not reflect his desires, needs and prejudices...