Oscar Wilde said that sunsets were not valued because we could not pay…

Gilbert K. Chesterton
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Oscar Wilde said that sunsets were not valued because we could not pay for sunsets. But Oscar Wilde was wrong; we can pay for sunsets. We can pay for them by not being Oscar Wilde. ✨ Gilbert K. Chesterton (2013). The Essential Gilbert K. Chesterton, p.42, Simon and Schuster
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Oscar Wilde said that sunsets were not valued because we could not pay for sunsets. But Oscar Wilde was wrong; we can pay for sunsets. We can pay for them by not being Oscar Wilde. ✨ Gilbert K. Chesterton (2013). The Essential Gilbert K. Chesterton, p.42, Simon and Schuster

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