“Nothing annoys people so much as not receiving invitations.”
Oscar Wilde The Importance of Being Earnest
Source: The Importance of Being Earnest
“There is nothing which we receive with so much reluctance as advice.”
No. 512 (17 October 1712).
The Spectator (1711–1714)
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