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Oscar Wilde Quotes
Ambition is the last refuge of the failure.
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Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young (December 1894): in The Writings of Oscar Wilde (ed. Gabriel Wells, 1925), Volume X, Page 213
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Oscar Wilde
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Poet, Playwright
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October 16, 1854 - November 30, 1900
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