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Most men and women are forced to perform parts for which they have no qualifications. — Oscar Wilde

Short story

Most men and women are forced to perform parts for which they have no qualifications.

Oscar Wilde
1891
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Men and womenLife as performance
Medium
Short story
Time
1891
Person
Oscar Wilde
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Current citation
Wilde, Oscar. "Lord Arthur Savile's Crime." Oscar Wilde: The Major Works, edited by Isobel Murray. Oxford University Press, 2008.
Original citation
Wilde, Oscar. "Lord Arthur Savile's Crime." Lord Arthur Savile's Crime: The Portrait of Mr. W.H. and Other Stories. Boston: James R. Osgood, 1891.

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