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Quote by Oscar Wilde
I know not whether Laws be right or whether Laws be wrong; all tha

I know not whether Laws be right or whether Laws be wrong; all that we know who live in gaol is that the wall is strong; and that each day is like a year, a year whose days are long. – Oscar Wilde

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The sick do not ask if the hand that smoothes their pillow is pure, nor the dying care if the lips that touch their brow have known the kiss of sin. – Oscar Wilde

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Purity
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Oscar Wilde
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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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Society
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A man will be imprisoned in a room with a door thats unlocked and opens inwards; as long as it does not occur to him to pull rather than push. – Ludwig Wittgenstein

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We are all serving a life sentence in the dungeon of the self. – Cyril Connolly

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It isnt true that convicts live like animals: animals have more room to move around. – Mario Vargas Llosa

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The most anxious man in a prison is the governor. – George Bernard Shaw

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When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty. – George Bernard Shaw

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