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Oscar Wilde Quote

“The Philistine may, of course, object that to be absolutely perfect is impossible. Well, that is so: but then it is only the impossible things that are worth doing nowadays!” 

— Oscar Wilde

Source: 1882 essay Mrs. Langtry as Hester Grazebrook, first published in New York World

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