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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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If there was less sympathy in the world, there would be less trouble in the world. – Oscar Wilde

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You should study the Peerage, Gerald. It is the one book a young man about town should know thoroughly, and it is the best thing in fiction the English have ever done. – Oscar Wilde

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There is always something ridiculous about the emotions of people whom one has ceased to love. – Oscar Wilde

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No man is good enough to govern any woman without her consent. – Susan B. Anthony

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