I expect I shall have to die beyond my means. ✨ Said when a huge fee f…

Oscar Wilde
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I expect I shall have to die beyond my means. ✨ Said when a huge fee for an operation was mentioned, in R. H. Sherard 'Life of Oscar Wilde' (1906) p. 421
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