| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 64492 |
| QUOTATION: | One knows so well the popular idea of health. The English country gentleman galloping after a foxthe unspeakable in full pursuit of the uneatable. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Oscar Wilde (18541900), Anglo-Irish playwright, author. Lord Illingworth, in A Woman of No Importance, act 1 (1893). |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| WORKS: | Wilde Collection. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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