“Never mind what I say. I am always saying what I shouldn't say. In fact, I usually say what I really think. A great mistake nowadays. It makes one so liable to be misunderstood.”

— Oscar Wilde , An Ideal Husband

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Irish writer and poet 1854–1900

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