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I am Irish by race but the English have condemned me to talk the language of Shakespeare.
Oscar Wilde
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Oscar Wilde
Age: 46 †
Born: 1854
Born: October 16
Died: 1900
Died: November 30
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My dear Arthur, I never talk scandal. I only talk gossip. What is the difference between scandal and gossip? Oh! Gossip is charming! History is merely gossip. But scandal is gossip made tedious by morality.
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The wild Bee reels from bough to bough With his furry coat and his gauzy wing, Now in a lily cup, and now Setting a jacinth bell a-swing, In his wandering.
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A bore is someone who deprives you of solitude without providing you with company.
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Never so sweet a repast as the Reaper's when you tread upon the threshold of a Quiznos.
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