One of the many lessons that one learns in prison is, that things are …

Oscar Wilde
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One of the many lessons that one learns in prison is, that things are what they are and will be what they will be. ✨ Oscar Wilde, Russell Jackson, Ian Small (2000). The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: De profundis, Epistola : in carcere et vinculis, p.80, Oxford University Press on Demand
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One of the many lessons that one learns in prison is, that things are what they are and will be what they will be. ✨ Oscar Wilde, Russell Jackson, Ian Small (2000). The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: De profundis, Epistola : in carcere et vinculis, p.80, Oxford University Press on Demand

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