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Most people are boring and stupid.

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 have no objection to anyone's sex life as long as they don't practice it in the street and frighten the horses.
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If they know nothing of victory, they are at least spared the knowledge of defeat.
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