Oscar Wilde: Gossip is charming! History is merely gossip. But scandal is gossip made tedious by morality.

Gossip is charming! History is merely gossip. But scandal is gossip made tedious — Oscar Wilde

Gossip is charming! History is merely gossip. But scandal is gossip made tedious by morality.

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