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Quote by Oscar Wilde
Now that the House of Commons is trying to become useful, it does

Now that the House of Commons is trying to become useful, it does a great deal of harm. – 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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It is a very sad thing that nowadays there is so little useless information. – Oscar Wilde

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