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The quivering, ardent sunlight showed him the lines of cruelty round the mouth as clearly as if he had been looking into a mirror after he had done some dreadful thing.

Oscar Wilde

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Oscar Wilde
Age: 46 †
Born: 1854
Born: October 16
Died: 1900
Died: November 30
Author
Essayist
Journalist
Novelist
Opinion Journalist
Playwright
Poet
Prosaist
Short Story Writer
Writer
Dublin city
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Thing
Rounds
Dreadful
Mouth
Halloween
Mirrors
Showed
Clearly
Sunlight
Mouths
Gray
Lines
Cruelty
Quivering
Looking
Round
Spooky
Done
Mirror
Ardent

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