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Oscar Wilde Quotes

The salesman who knows nothing of what he is selling save that he is charging a great deal too much for it.

Source:House Decoration (1882); in Complete Works of Oscar Wilde (ed. Wyman-Fogg Co., 1921), Volume 10, Page 289
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  • Name: Oscar Wilde
  • Profession: Poet, Playwright
  • Born: October 16, 1854 - November 30, 1900
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