One should never make one's debut with a scandal. One should reserve that to give an interest to one's old age.
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Each of the professions means a prejudice. The necessity for a career forces every one to take sides. We live in the age of the overworked, and the under-educated the age in which people are so industrious that they become absolutely stupid.Oscar Wilde
I should be like a lion in a cave of savage Daniels.
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To expect the unexpected shows a thoroughly modern intellect.
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Charity creates a multitude of sins.
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