"It is always painful to part from people whom one has known for a brief space of time. The absence of old friends one can endure with equanimity, But ...

I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and my enemies for their intellects. A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies.
~ Oscar Wilde ~












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