Ideals are dangerous things. Realities are better. They wound, but the…

Oscar Wilde
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Ideals are dangerous things. Realities are better. They wound, but they're better. ✨ Oscar Wilde (2013). The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde (more than 150 Works), p.281, e-artnow
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