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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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A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal. – Oscar Wilde

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The way of paradoxes is the way of truth. To test Reality we must see it on the tight-rope. When the Verities become acrobats we can judge them. – Oscar Wilde

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Good nature is worth more than knowledge, more than money, more than honor, to the persons who possess it. – Henry Ward Beecher

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It takes a lot of imagination to be a good photographer. You need less imagination to be a painter because you can invent things. But in photography everything is so ordinary it takes a lot of looking before you learn to see the extraordinary. – David Bailey

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People who have good relationships at home are more effective in the marketplace. – Zig Ziglar

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Yet, taught by time, my heart has learned to glow for others good, and melt at others woe. – Homer

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