No woman should ever be quite accurate about her age. It looks so calc…

Oscar Wilde
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No woman should ever be quite accurate about her age. It looks so calculating. ✨ Oscar Wilde, General Press (2016). The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Novel, Short Stories, Poetry, Essays and Plays, p.1389, GENERAL PRESS
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No woman should ever be quite accurate about her age. It looks so calculating. ✨ Oscar Wilde, General Press (2016). The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Novel, Short Stories, Poetry, Essays and Plays, p.1389, GENERAL PRESS

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