#2: Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde didn’t need brooding silence; he had better weapons. Velvet coats, jeweled phrases, devastating wit, and the kind of confidence that could make an entire drawing room feel underdressed. Wilde charmed salons because he turned conversation into performance art and insult into embroidery. He wasn’t the rugged type. He was the dangerous type with a boutonnière and a punchline. Victorian society adored him, judged him, and still quoted him. Typical.
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