When I think of all the harm [the Bible] has done, I despair of ever w…

Oscar Wilde
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When I think of all the harm [the Bible] has done, I despair of ever writing anything to equal it. ✨ Oscar Wilde (2007). Epigrams of Oscar Wilde, p.112, Wordsworth Editions
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When I think of all the harm [the Bible] has done, I despair of ever writing anything to equal it. ✨ Oscar Wilde (2007). Epigrams of Oscar Wilde, p.112, Wordsworth Editions

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