It was not intended as a compliment. It was a confession. Now that I h…

Oscar Wilde
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It was not intended as a compliment. It was a confession. Now that I have made it, something seems to have gone out of me. Perhaps one should never put one's worship into words. ✨ Oscar Wilde (2013). Delphi Complete Works of Oscar Wilde (Illustrated), p.1079, Delphi Classics
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It was not intended as a compliment. It was a confession. Now that I have made it, something seems to have gone out of me. Perhaps one should never put one's worship into words. ✨ Oscar Wilde (2013). Delphi Complete Works of Oscar Wilde (Illustrated), p.1079, Delphi Classics

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