I love hearing my relations abused. It is the only thing that makes me…

Oscar Wilde
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I love hearing my relations abused. It is the only thing that makes me put up with them at all. Relations are simply a tedious pack of people, who haven't got the remotest knowledge of how to live nor the smallest instinct about when to die. ✨ The Importance of Being Earnest act 1 (1895)
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I love hearing my relations abused. It is the only thing that makes me put up with them at all. Relations are simply a tedious pack of people, who haven't got the remotest knowledge of how to live nor the smallest instinct about when to die. ✨ The Importance of Being Earnest act 1 (1895)

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