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Quote by Oscar Wilde
If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If

If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend to be bad, it doesnt. Such is the astounding stupidity of optimism. – Oscar Wilde

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Between men and women there is no friendship possible. There is passion, enmity, worship, love, but no friendship. – Oscar Wilde

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It is well for his peace that the saint goes to his martyrdom. He is spared the sight of the horror of his harvest. – Oscar Wilde

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Nothing good ever comes of violence. – Martin Luther

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Far from idleness being the root of all evil, it is rather the only true good. – Soren Kierkegaard

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A humorist is a person who feels bad, but who feels good about it. – Don Herold

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Our forces saved the remnants of the Jewish people of Europe for a new life and a new hope in the reborn land of Israel. Along with all men of good will, I salute the young state and wish it well. – Dwight D. Eisenhower

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