Oscar Wilde once said...
Willamena
28-09-2005, 04:02
"A true friend stabs you in the front."
Is that because he wouldn't turn his back on you?
It just means they're honest with you. Perhaps brutally so.
Secluded Islands
28-09-2005, 04:37
it means honesty. a true friend will help show you the truth. you cant do that behind their back. :)
Ashmoria
28-09-2005, 05:23
it means that if your friend is going to do you wrong, youre gonna see it coming because he'll be honest with you beforehand.
Morrissey once said...
"Keats and Yeats are on your side, while Wilde is on mine."
Sorry, that just came into my head when I saw Wilde's name.
The Similized world
28-09-2005, 05:25
it means that if your friend is going to do you wrong, youre gonna see it coming because he'll be honest with you beforehand.
Exactly.
Iztatepopotla
28-09-2005, 07:00
Mhm, mhm, but would such friend be delicate enough to twist and slash the knife so that you will die relatively quickly, or would he just leave it hanging there?
Neutered Sputniks
28-09-2005, 07:02
Mhm, mhm, but would such friend be delicate enough to twist and slash the knife so that you will die relatively quickly, or would he just leave it hanging there?
And if he did leave it hanging there, would he be enough of a friend to make sure to tell you it was there to avoid an embarressing public situation?
oscar wilde has a very dry wit
tongue-in-cheek
his quotes sound reasonable
but then, look again
he adores making fun of the people who read him
case in point:
i can resist anything but temptation
life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about
fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to
alter it every six months
-and a fav of mine-
the secret of life is to appreciate the pleasure of being
terribly, terribly deceived