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“Yet each man kills the thing he loves,
By each let this be heard,
Some do it with a bitter look,
Some with a flattering word,
The koward does it with a kiss,
The brave man with a sword!” — Oscar Wilde · The Ballad of Reading Gaol. Illustrated QuoteGeek card.

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Yet each man kills the thing he loves, By each let this be heard, Some do it with a bitter look, Some with a flattering word, The koward does it with a kiss, The brave man with a sword!

Oscar Wilde · The Ballad of Reading Gaol

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“Yet each man kills the thing he loves,
By each let this be heard,
Some do it with a bitter look,
Some with a flattering word,
The koward does it with a kiss,
The brave man with a sword!” — Oscar Wilde · The Ballad of Reading Gaol

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