Quotation by George Orwell

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He left behind, as his essential contribution to literature, a large repertoire of jokes which survive because of their sheer neatness, and because of a certain intriguing uncertainty—which extends to Wilde himself—as to whether they really mean anything.

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George Orwell (1903–1950), British author. BBC broadcast, Nov. 21, 1943. "Lady Windermere's Fan—A Commentary."

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