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Quote by Oscar Wilde
There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one

There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it. – Oscar Wilde

Other quotes by Oscar Wilde

Who is that man over there? I dont know him. What is he doing? Is he a conspirator? Have you searched him? Give him till tomorrow to confess, then hang him! — hang him! – Oscar Wilde

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Conspiracy
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Oscar Wilde
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Between men and women there is no friendship possible. There is passion, enmity, worship, love, but no friendship. – Oscar Wilde

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Friendship
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To drink the sunshine and to dream at night…. – Author Unknown, “The Fall of Man”

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[A]ll life budding like a rose and sparkling like its dew. – Edgar Fawcett, “At a Window,” Songs of Doubt and Dream, 1891

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Never separate the life you live from the words you speak. – Paul Wellstone

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There is no finish line. – Nike advertisement

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