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Oscar Wilde Quotes

Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their life a mimicry, their passions a quotation. - Oscar Wilde (De Profundis Quotes)

Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else’s opinions, their life a mimicry, their passions a quotation.

Source:De Profundis (Written 1895-97, in Reading Gaol), (ed. Methuen & Co., 1911), Page 83
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  • Profession: Poet, Playwright
  • Born: October 16, 1854 - November 30, 1900
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