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Whatever you want to say, there is only one word to express it, only one verb to give it movement, only one adjective to qualify it.
— Guy de Maupassant
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Lord Darlington (LD): I think life too complex a thing to be settled by these hard and fast rules. Lady Windemere (LW): If we had 'hard-and-fast rules' we would find life much simpler. LD: You allow of no exceptions? LW: None! LD: Ah, what a fascinating Puritan you are, LW. LW: The adjective was unnecessary, LD.
— Oscar Wilde
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