Quote by Oscar Wilde
There is luxury in self-reproach.... When we blame ourselves we fe

There is luxury in self-reproach…. When we blame ourselves we feel no one else has a right to blame us. – Oscar Wilde

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Arguments are extremely vulgar, for everyone in good society holds exactly the same opinion. – Oscar Wilde

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