CECIL GRAHAM. What is a cynic? [Sitting on the back of the sofa.]
LORD DARLINGTON. A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.
CECIL GRAHAM. And a sentimentalist, my dear Darlington, is a man who sees an absurd value in everything, and doesn't know the market price of any single thing.
Oscar Wilde [Lady Windermere's Fan, Act 3]
Read this nice essay from the Language Log.
Saturday, June 23, 2007
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