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In fact, I am never wrong.

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Oscar Wilde
Age: 46 †
Born: 1854
Born: October 16
Died: 1900
Died: November 30
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It is he who has broken the bond of marriage - not I. I only break its bondage.
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we always misunderstood ourselves, and rarely understood others
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