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Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination.
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 like looking at geniuses and listening to beautiful people.
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Good heavens, I suppose a man may eat his own muffins in his own garden. But you have just said it was perfectly heartless to eat muffins! I said it was perfectly heartless of YOU under the circumstances. That is a very different thing. That may be, but the muffins are the same!
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Women are made to be loved, not understood.
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A passion for pleasure is the secret of remaining young.
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Those who have much are often greedy. Those who have little always share.
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Suffering is one very long moment. We cannot divide it by seasons.
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