One's days were too brief to take the burden of another's errors on on…

Oscar Wilde
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One's days were too brief to take the burden of another's errors on one's shoulders. Each man lived his own life and paid his own price for living it. ✨ Oscar Wilde The Picture of Dorian Gray, Lulu.com
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One's days were too brief to take the burden of another's errors on one's shoulders. Each man lived his own life and paid his own price for living it. ✨ Oscar Wilde The Picture of Dorian Gray, Lulu.com

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