Nowadays we are all of us so hard up that the only pleasant things to pay are compliments. They're the only things we can pay. - Oscar Wilde

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Nowadays we are all of us so hard up that the only pleasant things to pay are compliments. They're the only things we can pay.

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About Oscar Wilde

Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900) was an Irish dramatist, essayist, novelist and poet.

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Birth Name: Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde
Alternative Names: Oscar O'Flahertie Wills Wilde • Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde • Oscar Fingal O'Fflahertie Wills Wilde • Oscar O'Fflahertie Wills Wilde
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