Laughing Ghost
Sir:
If George Bernard Shaw waited until 1903 to say: "There are two tragedies in life. One is not to get your heart's desire. The other is to get it" [TIME, Sept. 19], he ought to have given proper credit for it to Oscar Wilde . . .
DONN MICHAEL F ARRIS
New York City
Sir:
. . . Fifty-seven years ago Oscar Wilde, in his play Lady Winder mere's Fan, said: "In this world there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it. The...
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