He to whom the present is the only thing that is present, knows nothin…

Oscar Wilde
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He to whom the present is the only thing that is present, knows nothing of the age in which he lives. ✨ Oscar Wilde (2014). A Critic in Pall Mall: Being Extracts from Reviews and Miscellanies, p.135, Simon and Schuster
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He to whom the present is the only thing that is present, knows nothing of the age in which he lives. ✨ Oscar Wilde (2014). A Critic in Pall Mall: Being Extracts from Reviews and Miscellanies, p.135, Simon and Schuster

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