Relations are simply a tedious pack of people,
who haven't got the remotest knowledge of how to live,
nor the smallest instinct about when to die.
-- Oscar Wilde (1854-1900), "The Importance of Being Earnest", 1895
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-- Oscar Wilde (1854-1900), "The Importance of Being Earnest", 1895
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