Oscar Wilde Quotes

They flaunt their conjugal felicity in one's face, as if it were the most fascinating of sins.

Oscar Wilde

• Sins
• Fascinating
• Felicity
• Flaunt
• Conjugal

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• They flaunt their conjugal felicity in one's face, as if it were the most fascinating of sins.

  

  Oscar Wilde
  • Sins
  • Fascinating
  • Felicity