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He certainly was caustic in remarks he made about people when discussing them out of their hear- ing, but I do not think that I ever heard him say an unkind thing to anybody. As to ridi- culing a person's name — ^as he is alleged to have done in this Smith anecdote — it is the very last thing he would have done. I once heard him rebuke a man who had told him that, having been dunned by a solicitor of the name of Cheese, he had written to him to say that any kind of conduct might be expected fro...m a man with such a cognomen. " That was a very vulgar thing to do, " said Oscar; "a man cannot help his name. " One frequently reads stories about Wilde which to those who knew him are obviously neither true nor cleverly invented. I have always disbelieved the following two anecdotes, which appear now and again in the Press and are probably quoted by someone who thinks 292 The Real Oscar Wilde that they do credit to Oscar Wilde's wit and power of repartee.
These are the anecdotes : " One episode in connection with Wilde I remember well.
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He certainly was caustic in remarks he made about people when discussing them out of their hear- ing, but I do not think that I ever heard him say an unkind thing to anybody. As to ridi- culing a person's name — ^as he is alleged to have done in this Smith anecdote — it is the very last thing he would have done. I once heard him rebuke a man who had told him that, having been dunned by a solicitor of the name of Cheese, he had written to him to say that any kind of conduct might be expected fro...m a man with such a cognomen. " That was a very vulgar thing to do, " said Oscar; "a man cannot help his name. " One frequently reads stories about Wilde which to those who knew him are obviously neither true nor cleverly invented. I have always disbelieved the following two anecdotes, which appear now and again in the Press and are probably quoted by someone who thinks 292 The Real Oscar Wilde that they do credit to Oscar Wilde's wit and power of repartee.
These are the anecdotes : " One episode in connection with Wilde I remember well.
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