It is a sad truth, but we have lost the faculty of giving lovely names to things. Names are everything. I never quarrel with actions. My one quarrel is with words. The man who could call a spade a spade should be compelled to use one. It is the only thing he is fit for. - Oscar Wilde

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Oscar Wilde: "It is a sad truth, but we have lost the faculty of giving lovely names to things. Names are everything. I never quarrel with actions. My one quarrel is with words. The man who could call a spade a spade should be compelled to use one. It is the only thing he is fit for."

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Actions	Call	Compelled	Everything
Faculty	Giving	Lost	Lovely
Names	Quarrel	Spade	Thing
Things	Truth	Words

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