Oscar Wilde Quotes

When I went to America I had two secretaries, one for autographs, one for locks of hair. Within six months the one had died of writer's cramp, the other was completely bald.

Oscar Wilde

• America
• Died
• Autographs
• Cramp
• Secretaries

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• When I went to America I had two secretaries, one for autographs, one for locks of hair. Within six months the one had died of writer's cramp, the other was completely bald.

  

  Oscar Wilde
  • America
  • Died
  • Autographs