Be warned in time, James, and remain, as I do, incomprehensible: to be…

Oscar Wilde
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Be warned in time, James, and remain, as I do, incomprehensible: to be great is to be misunderstood. ✨ Oscar Wilde (2016). Miscellanies, p.132, Oscar Wilde
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