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shadowmatter on Aug 21, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: I am nothing

Good post. Reminds me of that quote by Oscar Wilde: "Be yourself; everyone else is already taken."

gruseom on Aug 21, 2011 [–]

I don't believe Wilde said that. This is boomer self-actualization language, and the underlying concept of authenticity is a 20th century creation.

Here is something Wilde really wrote: "Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth."

http://books.google.com/books?id=xZlRfVy0LbcC&lpg=PA1002...

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