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1  Youth is the only thing worth having.
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2  Sibyl is the only thing I care about.
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3  There is no such thing as a good influence, Mr. Gray.
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4  The commonest thing is delightful if one only hides it.
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5  I remember the whole thing as if it happened yesterday.
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6  She was the loveliest thing I had ever seen in my life.
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7  You never say a moral thing, and you never do a wrong thing.
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8  And the mind of the thoroughly well-informed man is a dreadful thing.
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9  Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic.
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10  The only thing he considers of any importance is whether one believes it oneself.
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11  He should have a pot of money waiting for him if Kelso did the right thing by him.
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12  It seems to be the one thing that can make modern life mysterious or marvellous to us.
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13  It is a sad thing to think of, but there is no doubt that genius lasts longer than beauty.
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14  "It is your best work, Basil, the best thing you have ever done," said Lord Henry languidly.
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15  The thing was hushed up, but, egad, Kelso ate his chop alone at the club for some time afterwards.
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16  It is silly of you, for there is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.
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17  If one puts forward an idea to a true Englishman--always a rash thing to do--he never dreams of considering whether the idea is right or wrong.
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