Quotation by Oscar Wilde

It is only the superficial qualities that last. Man's deeper nature is soon found out.
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900), Anglo-Irish playwright, author. Cecily, in The Importance of Being Earnest, act 3, Chameleon (London, Dec. 1894).

Also appears in Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young.
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