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No man dies for what he knows to be true. Men die for what they wa

No man dies for what he knows to be true. Men die for what they want to be true, for what some terror in their hearts tells them is not true. – Oscar Wilde

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When a man has once loved a woman he will do anything for her except continue to love her. – Oscar Wilde

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