The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast. ✨ Oscar Wilde, Gener…

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The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast. ✨ Oscar Wilde, General Press (2016). The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Novel, Short Stories, Poetry, Essays and Plays, p.810, GENERAL PRESS
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The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast. ✨ Oscar Wilde, General Press (2016). The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Novel, Short Stories, Poetry, Essays and Plays, p.810, GENERAL PRESS

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