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And the wild regrets, and the bloody sweats, none knew so well as I: for he who lives more lives than one more deaths than one must die.


Oscar Wilde

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NAPOLEON BONAPARTE One must not hope to be more than one can be.
NICOLAS CHAMFORT One must not hope to be more than one can be.
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OSCAR WILDE Work is a refuge of people who have nothing better to do.
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OSCAR WILDE A poet can survive anything but a misprint.
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OSCAR WILDE It is always a silly thing to give advice, but to give good advice is absolutely fatal.
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