“I'm a man of simple tastes. I'm always satisfied with the best.”
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet
Variant: I have simple tastes. I am always satisfied with the best
“I'm a mild man, but I have violent tastes.”
Source: " Dior http://books.google.com/books?id=l0gEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA84," in LIFE, Vol. 24, nr. 9 (1 March 1948), p. 48
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