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Oscar Wilde Quotes

Sometimes the poor are praised for being thrifty. But to recommend thrift to the poor is both grotesque and insulting. It is like advising a man who is starving to eat less.

Oscar Wilde

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: dramatist
Nationality: irish
Birth: October 16, 1854 - November 30, 1900

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Man Sometimes Poor Eat Thrift Being

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Work People Better Comedy Years

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Boy More Away If I Could Get Could

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Brian Stableford

Ideas Voice Emotions Important May