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He had the satisfied countenance of a man who has never succeeded in boring himself.

— Peter Ackroyd The Last Testament of Oscar Wilde (1983)

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I believe that the gods themselves are frightened of the world which they have fashioned.

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The English can laugh and at the same time strike you down, without the least compunction. It is the secret of their success as a nation.

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