Relations are simply a tedious pack of people, who haven't got the remotest knowledge of how to live, nor the smallest instinct about when to die.

Oscar Wilde · The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People

Relations are simply a tedious pack of people, who haven't got the remotest knowledge of how to live, nor the smallest instinct about when to die.

Oscar Wilde · The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People

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