I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and my enemies for their good intellects. A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies.
— Oscar Wilde Modern

Wit, playwright, novelist

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The Picture of Dorian Gray

Date / Period

1890

Category

Humorous

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https://www.gutenberg.org/files/174/174-h/174-h.htm

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