Ah, nowadays we are all of us so hard up, that the only pleasant things to pay are compliments. They're the only things we can pay. (Oscar Wilde)

Ah, nowadays we are all of us so hard up, that the only pleasant things to pay are compliments. They're the only things we can pay.

Oscar Wilde

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