The truth about the life of a man is not what he does, but the legend …

Oscar Wilde
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The truth about the life of a man is not what he does, but the legend which he creates around himself. ✨ Oscar Wilde (2007). Epigrams of Oscar Wilde, p.197, Wordsworth Editions
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