If one doesn't talk about a thing, it has never happened. It is simply expression that gives reality to things.
("The Picture of Dorian Gray")
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One should never trust a woman who tells one her real age. A woman who would tell one that would tell one anything.
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As a wicked man I am a complete failure. Why, there are lots of people who say I have never really done anything wrong in the whole course of my life. Of course they only say it behind my back.
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