There is only one real tragedy in a woman's life. The fact that her pa…

Oscar Wilde
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There is only one real tragedy in a woman's life. The fact that her past is always her lover, and her future invariably her husband. ✨ Oscar Wilde, Peter Raby (2008). The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays: Lady Windermere's Fan; Salome; A Woman of No Importance; An Ideal Husband; The Importance of Being Earnest, p.226, Oxford Paperbacks
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