"I don't at all like knowing what..." - Quote by Oscar Wilde
I don't at all like knowing what people say of me behind my back. It makes me far too conceited.
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“I resolve to speak ill of no man whatever, not even in a matter of truth; but rather by some means excuse the faults I hear charged upon others, and upon proper occasions speak all the good I know of everybody.”
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“Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip.”