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The challenge of a cathedral is very good for architectural inventiveness.


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OSCAR WILDE Yet each man kills the thing he loves from all let this be heard some does it with a bitter look som...
OSCAR WILDE When a man has once loved a woman, he will do anything for her, except continue to love her.
OSCAR WILDE There's nothing in the world like the devotion of a married woman. It's a thing no married man knows...
OSCAR WILDE One should not be too severe on English novels; they are the only relaxation of the intellectually u...
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