The one charm of the past is that it is the past.
("The Picture of Dorian Gray")
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You have not realized how I have developed. I was a schoolboy when you knew me. I am a man now. I have new passions new thoughts new ideas. I am different but you must not like me less. I am changed but you must always be my friend.Oscar Wilde
Most men and women are forced to perform parts for which they have no qualification
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There seemed to be something tragic in a friendship so coloured by romance.
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I don't like novels that end happily. They depress me so much
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There is nothing so difficult to marry as a large nose.
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The best one can say of modern creative art is that it is just a little less vulgar than reality.
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Now if the harvest is over, And the world cold, Give me the bonus of laughter, As I lose hold.
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