Oscar Wilde Quotes

To begin with, I dined there on Monday, and once a week is quite enough to dine with one's own relations.

Oscar Wilde

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• To begin with, I dined there on Monday, and once a week is quite enough to dine with one's own relations.

  

  Oscar Wilde
  • Week
  • Relations
  • Begin