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Oscar Wilde Quotes: A sentimentalist is simply one who desires to have the luxury of an emotion without paying for it.
         

A sentimentalist is simply one who desires to have the luxury of an emotion without paying for it.


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A sentimentalist is simply one who desires to have the luxury of an emotion without paying for it.
         



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