I am not at all cynical, I have merely got experience, which, however,…

Oscar Wilde
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I am not at all cynical, I have merely got experience, which, however, is very much the same thing. ✨ Oscar Wilde (2009). The Happy Prince and Other Stories, p.90, Collector's Library
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