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Oscar Wilde Quotes: When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers.
         

When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers.


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Be yourself; everyone else is taken.

Be yourself; everyone else is taken.



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Women are made to be loved, not understood.



Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go.

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go.



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I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.





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