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The difference between literature and journalism is that journalism is unreadable and literature is not read.

Oscar Wilde

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Oscar Wilde
Age: 46 †
Born: 1854
Born: October 16
Died: 1900
Died: November 30
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I wrote when I did not know life now that I do know the meaning of life, I have no more to write. Life cannot be written life can only be lived.
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