Oscar Wilde

"Nowadays we are all of us so hard up that the only pleasant things to pay are compliments. They’re the only things we can pay."

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Source: Oscar Wilde (2000). “The Plays of Oscar Wilde”, p.166, Wordsworth Editions

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Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde

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Oscar Wilde was a renowned Irish playwright and poet, celebrated for his sharp wit and critiques of Victorian society, particularly in works like 'The Picture of Dorian Gray.'

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