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  Works by the author

The Duchess of Padua

An Ideal Husband

The Importance of Being Earnest

The Picture of Dorian Gray

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An Ideal Husband

The Importance of Being Earnest

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Salomé

  Quotations

• A man can be happy with any woman as long as he does not love her.
• A man's face is his autobiography. A woman's face is her work of fiction.
• Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.
• When I was young I thought that money was the most important thing in life; now that I am old I know that it is.