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That is one of the great secrets of life Nowadays most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it is too late that the only things one never regrets are one's mistakes.
That is one of the great secrets of life Nowadays most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it is too late that the only things one never regrets are one's mistakes.
Approximate author period: c. 1877 AD · industrial
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- Oscar Wilde
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- Approximate author period: c. 1877 AD · industrial
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