rouge à lèvres: a great quote

18.2.10

a great quote

saw this on my friend lucie's facebook page and thought it was a great sentiment:

Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live.
~Oscar Wilde

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SusanFebruary 26, 2010 at 8:20 AM
Oscar always gets it right!
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18.2.10

a great quote

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