Nowadays we are all of us so hard up that the only pleasant things to …

Oscar Wilde
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Nowadays we are all of us so hard up that the only pleasant things to pay are compliments. They’re the only things we can pay. ✨ Oscar Wilde (2000). The Plays of Oscar Wilde, p.166, Wordsworth Editions
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Nowadays we are all of us so hard up that the only pleasant things to pay are compliments. They’re the only things we can pay. ✨ Oscar Wilde (2000). The Plays of Oscar Wilde, p.166, Wordsworth Editions

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