Lady Windermere’s Fan is a play by Oscar Wilde that was first performed in 1892. In the play, Lady Windermere laments that certain information has been learned too late for it to be useful:
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Verbal·Information and Ideas·Command of Evidence
mediumWhich quotation from Lady Windermere’s Fan most effectively illustrates the claim?
A
“Actions are the first tragedy in life, words are the second. Words are perhaps the worst.”
B
“Oh, what a lesson! and what a pity that in life we only get our lessons when they are of no use to us!”
C
“Yes, I’m of age to-day. Quite an important day in my life, isn’t it?”
D
“You are right—you are terribly right. But where am I to turn?”