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Quote by Oscar Wilde
There is something terribly morbid in the modern sympathy with pai

There is something terribly morbid in the modern sympathy with pain. One should sympathise with the colour, the beauty, the joy of life. The less said about lifes sores the better. – Oscar Wilde

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