Ignorance is like a delicate exotic fruit; touch it and the bloom is g…

Oscar Wilde
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Ignorance is like a delicate exotic fruit; touch it and the bloom is gone. ✨ 1895 Lady Bracknell. The Importance of Being Earnest, act 1.
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