Ah, well, then, I suppose that I shall have to die beyond my means.

Ah, well, then, I suppose that I shall have to die beyond my means.
-- Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)
-- in R.H. Sherard Life of Oscar Wilde (1906) p. 421
-- When a huge fee for an operation was mentioned (NOT his last words)

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