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Quote by Oscar Wilde
If one could only teach the English how to talk, and the Irish how

If one could only teach the English how to talk, and the Irish how to listen, society here would be quite civilized. – Oscar Wilde

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There is only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about. – Oscar Wilde

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Prayer must never be answered: if it is, it ceases to be prayer and becomes correspondence. – Oscar Wilde

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Most people know more about their own elected officials via smear campaigns than they know about their own neighbors via conversation, and many know more about the celebrities via tabloids than they know about their own representatives via voting booklets. – Terri Guillemets, 2007

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