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Oscar Wilde Quotes: It is a great mistake for men to give up paying compliments, for when they give up saying what is charming, they give up thinking what is charming.
         

It is a great mistake for men to give up paying compliments, for when they give up saying what is charming, they give up thinking what is charming.


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