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Difference of object does not alter singleness of passion. It merely intensifies it. We can have in life but one great experience at best, and the secret of life is to reproduce that experience as often as possible.

Difference of object does not alter singleness of passion. It merely intensifies it. We can have in life but one great experience at best, and the secret of life is to reproduce that experience as often as possible.

Approximate author period: c. 1877 AD · industrial

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Oscar Wilde
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Approximate author period: c. 1877 AD · industrial
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