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Fortinbras: Mais qui a tué Hamlet?

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“There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

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“A clear conscience is the sure sign of a bad memory.”
― Mark Twain

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“Go to heaven for the climate and hell for the company.”
― Benjamin Franklin Wade

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“Everything in moderation, including moderation.”
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“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
― Oscar Wilde

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