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You should study the Peerage, Gerald. It is the one book a young m

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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It is only an auctioneer who can equally and impartially admire all schools of art. – Oscar Wilde

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