Novels are derived
from people, who mould themselves --
upon characters.
Romans zijn ontleend	Romane: basiert
aan mensen, die zich vormen --	auf Menschen, die sich bilden --
naar personages.	nach Charakteren.

Poem H3269
Amsterdam, 2022-04-10
Life imitates art (Oscar Wilde) - 1891
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"Life imitates art far more than art imitates life" (1891, Oscar Wilde in "The decay of lying"; also: "Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation", in his letter "De Profundis" to Bosie in 1897)
Collection: Thinkles Lusionless
Keyword: Imitate 
Tribute to: Wilde, Oscar