“The secret of remaining young is never to have an emotion that is unbecoming.”
Oscar Wilde book The Picture of Dorian Gray
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“The secret to life is to enjoy the pleasure of being terribly, terribly deceived.”
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet
