"Literature always anticipates life. It does not copy it, but moulds it to its purpose."

Oscar Wilde

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" A kiss may ruin a human life. "
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" I can resist everything except temptation. "
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" More than half modern culture depends on what one shouldn't read. "
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" Marriage is the triumph of imagination over intelligence. "
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" We live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities. "
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" The commonest thing is delightful if only one hides it. "
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