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Oscar Wilde
“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.”
― Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere's Fan
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“You can never be overdressed or overeducated.”
― Oscar Wilde
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“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”
― Mae West
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“I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.”
― Mark Twain
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“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”
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