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The Picture of Dorian Gray

by Oscar Wilde

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“When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why the poor have no food, they call me a communist.”
― Dom Helder Camara, Dom Helder Camara: Essential Writings

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“But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought.”
― George Orwell, Politics and the English Language

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