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Genius lasts longer than Beauty. That accounts for the fact that we all take such pains to over-educate ourselves.
Oscar Wilde
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Oscar Wilde
Age: 46 †
Born: 1854
Born: October 16
Died: 1900
Died: November 30
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the costume of the nineteenth century is detestable. It is so sombre, so depressing. Sin is the only real colour-element left in modern life.
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Ah, on what little things does happiness depend.
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When I think of all the harm [the Bible] has done, I despair of ever writing anything to equal it.
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They get up early, because they have so much to do, and go to bed early, because they have so little to think about.
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