Oscar Wilde Quotes

It was the passions about whose origin we deceived ourselves that tyrannized most strongly over us.

Oscar Wilde

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• It was the passions about whose origin we deceived ourselves that tyrannized most strongly over us.

  

  Oscar Wilde
  • Passions
  • Deceived
  • Tyrannized