There is one thing infinitely more pathetic than to have lost the woma…

Oscar Wilde
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There is one thing infinitely more pathetic than to have lost the woman one is in love with, and that is to have won her and found out how shallow she is! ✨ Oscar Wilde (2007). Epigrams of Oscar Wilde, p.21, Wordsworth Editions
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